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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

Lewisham 1953

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough]

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Table: Deaths under 1 year of age.Table 4

Deaths under 1 year of age.

Table 4

Cause of deathSexUnder 1 day1-6 days1 week2 weeks3 weeksTotal under 4 wks.1-2 mths.3-5 mths.6-8 mths.9-11 mths.Total 1-11 mths.Total under lyr.
Tuberculosis, otherM------------
F------1---11
Meningococcal infectionM--------1-11
F------------
Diseases of ear and mastoid antrumM----------
F--------111
PneumoniaM--1-12411-68
F--2--2-2-135
BronchitisM------1---11
F------------
Congenital malformationsM-222171---18
F-1---11-1134
Injury at birthM21---3-----3
F22---4-----4
Postnatal asphyxia and atelectasisM52---7-----7
F13---4-----4
Congenital debilityM-1---1-----1
F------------
PrematurityM77-_--14-_----14
F51---6-----6
All other causesM-- ------1-11
F11--22---24
TOTALSM141337734613-1044
F982--1942131029
GRAND TOTAL232152253103432073

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There were no deaths in the following groups: respiratory
tuberculosis, syphilis, typhoid and paratyphoid fevers, diphtheria,
whooping cough, measles, influenza, gastritis and duodenitis, hernia and
intestinal obstruction, gastroenteritis and diarrhoea, other diseases of
early infancy, convulsions, and lack of care of the newborn.