Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Deptford, Metropolitan Borough of]
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Table No. XI.
METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF DEPTFORD.
Infantile Mortality, 1928.
Nett Deaths from stated causes at various Ages under 1 year of Age.
| CAUSE OF DEATH. | Under 1 week. | 1 to 2 weeks. | 2 to 3 weeks.. | 3 to 4 weeks. | Total under 4 weeks. | 4 weeks and under 3 months. | 3 months and under 6 months. | 6 months and under 9 months. | 9 months and under IS months | Total Deaths under 1 year. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Causes | 34 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 45 | 28 | 19 | 19 | 28 | 139 |
| Smallpox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Chicken fox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Measles | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Whooping Cough | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | l | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| Diphtheria and Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
| Influenza | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Tuberculous Meningitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Abdominal Tuberculosis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Other Tuberculous Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
| Meningitis (not tuberculous) | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | l | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| Convulsions | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 5 | 2 | .. | .. | 3 | 10 |
| Laryngitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Bronchitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | .. | 7 |
| Pneumonia (all forms) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 25 |
| Diarrhœa | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Enteritis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 |
| Gastritis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
| Syphilis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
| Rickets | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Suffocation, overlaying | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 |
| Injury at Birth | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | l | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
| Atelectasis | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
| Congenital Malformations | 4 | .. | .. | 1 | 5 | 2 | l | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| Premature Birth | 19 | .. | .. | 3 | 22 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 23 |
| Atrophy, Debility, and Marasmus | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| Other Causes | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 |
| 34 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 45 | 28 | 19 | 19 | 28 | 139 |