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 Lewisham Borough]
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Deaths under 1 year of age
Table 4
Cause of death | Sex | Under 1 day | 1-6 days | 1 week | 2 weeks | 3 weeks | Total under 4 wks. | 1-2 mths. | 3-5 mths. | 6-8 mths. | 9-11 mths. | Total under 1 yr. |
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Meningococcal infection | M | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | - | _ | 1 | _ | 1 |
F | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Influenza with pneumonia | M | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
F | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Pneumonia | M | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 3 |
F | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
Bronchitis | M | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 2 |
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Hernia | M | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
F | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Gastroenteritis and diarrhoea | M | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 2 |
F | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Congenital malformations | M | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | 6 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
F | 2 | 3 | 1 | - | 1 | 7 | - | - | 2 | - | 9 | |
Birth injury etc. | M | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | 4 |
F | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | |
Asphyxia and atelectasis | M | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | 6 | - | - | - | - | 6 |
F | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | |
Illdeflned diseases peculiar to early infancy | M | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | |
F | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Immaturity | M | 5 | 11 | - | - | - | 16 | _ | 1 | - | - | 17 |
F | 3 | 8 | 1 | - | - | 12 | - | - | - | 12 | ||
Diseases of the newborn | M | - | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | -_ | - | - | - | 2 |
F | 1 | 4 | 3 | - | - | 8 | 1 | - | - | - | 9 | |
Lack of care | M | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
F | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | |
Other causes | M | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
F | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | |
TOTALS | M | 13 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 36 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 49 | |
F | 9 | 16 | 5 | - | 1 | 31 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 41 | |
GRAND TOTAL | 22 | 37 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 67 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 90 |