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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
Lambeth 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough]
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TABLE I. Infantile Mortality, 1937. Net Deaths from stated causes at various Ages under 1 Year of Age.
| Under 1 week | 1-2 weeks | 2-3 weeks | 3-4 weeks | Total under 1 month | 1-3 months | 3-6 months | 6-9 months | 9-12 months | Total Deaths under 1 year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Causes | 81 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 103 | 52 | 58 | 37 | 16 | 266 |
| Typhoid | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 |
| Whooping cough | 2 | 6 | 4 | — | 12 | |||||
| Diphtheria | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| Influenza | 1 | — | — | 1 | ||||||
| Cerebro-spinal Fever | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | 2 |
| Tuberculosis, Pulmonarv | ||||||||||
| Other tuberculous diseases | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Syphilis | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 |
| Diabetes | — | — | _ | _ | _ | _ | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| Bronchitis | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | — | 10 |
| Pneumonia (all forms) | 1 | 3 | 3 | — | 7 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 47 |
| Diarrhoea, etc. | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 42 |
| Other diseases of Liver, etc. | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 |
| Other digestive diseases | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 3 |
| Congenital debility and malformation premature birth, etc | 78 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 88 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 112 |
| Other deaths from violence | 2 | — | 1 | — | 3 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 5 |
| Other defined diseases | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 24 |