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 Fulham Borough]
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Infantile Deaths:-
There were 53 deaths of infants under the age of one year, the causes being as follows:-
1949 | 1948 | |
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Whooping cough | ||
Syphilitic disease | ||
Bronchitis | ||
Pneumonia | ||
Diarrhoea | ||
Prematurity | ||
Other respiratory diseases | - | |
Asphyxia | ||
Congenital malformations etc. | ||
Otitis Media | - | |
Meningitis | ||
Mongolism | - | |
Tuberculosis of respiratory system | - | |
Other digestive diseases | ||
Want of attention at birth | ||
All other causes | ||
The Infant Mortality rate was 26.4 per 1,000
live births (26.5 in 1948).