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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Camberwell 1922
Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1922
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TABLE No. 2.—INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1922. Net Deaths from Stated Causes at Various Ages under One Year of Age.
| Cause of Death. | Under 1 week. | 1 to 2 weeks. | 3 to 4 weeks. | 2 to 3 weeks. | Total under 1 month. | 1 to 3 months. | 3 to 6 months. | 6 to 9 months. | 9 to 12 months. | Total under 1 year. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small-pox | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Chicken-pox | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Measles | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | 8 | 11 |
| Scarlet Fever | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Whooping Cough | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 33 |
| Diphtheria and Croup | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Diphtheria and Croup | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Tuberculous Meningitis | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 5 | – | 7 |
| Other Tuberculous Diseases | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 3 | – | 4 |
| Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 2 | – | 4 |
| Convulsions | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | 3 | 3 | – | – | 7 |
| Laryngitis | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Bronchitis | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 38 |
| Pneumonia (all forms) | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 21 | 26 | 25 | 107 |
| Diarrhœa | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 5 | – | – | 7 |
| Enteritis | – | 2 | 1 | – | 3 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 24 |
| Gastritis | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | – | 3 |
| Syphilis | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | – | 2 | – | – | 6 |
| Rickets | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 |
| Suffocation (overlying) | 1 | – | – | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | – | – | 5 |
| Injury at Birth | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| Atelectasis | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Congenital Malformation | 7 | – | – | – | 7 | 7 | 5 | 2 | – | 21 |
| Premature Birth | 57 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 73 | 10 | 3 | – | 1 | 87 |
| Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus | 22 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 52 |
| Other Causes | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 33 |
| 96 | 22 | 19 | 15 | 152 | 90 | 86 | 69 | 57 | 454 |