[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Deptford, Metropolitan Borough of] page 16

Deptford 1936

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Deptford, Metropolitan Borough of]

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The following Table gives details of the causes of death in the
various age groups :—

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Infantile Mortality, 1936.

Nett Deaths from stated causes at various Ages under 1 year of Age.

CAUSE OF DEATH.	Under 1 week.	1 to 2 weeks.	'1 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 1 months	Total Deaths under 1 year.
All Causes	19	7	l	6	33	¹⁵	13	13.	3	77
Smallpox	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Chicken Pox	. .	..	..	..	..	..	..	. .	..	..
Measles	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Scarlet Fever	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Whooping Cough	..	..	..	..	..	1	1	1	..	3
Diphtheria and Croup	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Influenza	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Erysipelas	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Tuberculous Meningitis	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	. .	1
Abdominal Tuberculosis	. .	..	..	..	..	..	..	. .	..	. .
Other Tuberculous Diseases	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Meningitis (not tuberculous)	..	1	..	..	1	..	..	1	. .	2
Convulsions	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	1
Laryngitis	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Bronchitis	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	1	..	2
Pneumonia (all forms)	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	4	..	5
Diarrhoea	..	..	..	1	1	..	..	..	..	1
Enteritis	..	..	..	..	..	6	5	4	2	17
Gastritis	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Syphilis	. .	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Rickets	. .	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Suffocation, overlaying.	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Injury at Birth ..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Atelectasis	3	..	..	..	3	..	..	..	..	3
Congenital Malformations	..	2	..	..	2	1	..	1	..	4
Premature Birth	16	4	1	..	21	1	..	..	..	22
Atrophy, Debility, and Marasmus	..	..	..	5	5	4	5	..	..	14
Other Causes Totals	.. 19	.. 7	•• l	.. 6	.. 33	1 15	1 ¹³	.. 13	.. 3	2 77
Death-rate in each agegroup per 1,000 births.	12.3	4.5	0.6	3.8	21.3	9.7	8.4	8.4	1.9	50
Percentage of total deaths in each agegroup	247	9.1	1.3	7.8	42.9	19.5	16.9	16.9	3.8	100