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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 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough]
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TABLE I.
Infantile Mortality, 1938. 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 | 64 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 86 | 25 | 45 | 20 | 20 | 196 |
| Measles | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | 3 |
| Whooping cough | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | 2 |
| Nephritis | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 |
| Influenza | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| Tuberculosis, Pulmonarv | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 |
| Bronchitis | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 3 | — | 4 |
| Pneumonia (all forms) | — | — | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 7 | , 8 | 40 |
| Diarrhoea, etc. | — | — | — | — | — | 7 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 38 |
| Circulatory diseases | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 |
| Digestive diseases | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 2 |
| Congenital debility and malformation premature birth, etc | 60 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 77 | 7 | 6 | — | 1 | 91 |
| Other defined diseases | 4 | — | 1 | — | 5 | 2 | 1 | — | 4 | 12 |