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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 1957
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough]
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Deaths under 1 year of age
Table 3
| Cause of death | Sex | Under 1 day | 1-6 days | 1 week | 2 weeks | 3 weeks | Total under 4wks. | 1-2 mths. | 3-5 mths. | 6-8 mths. | 9-11 mths. | Total 1-11 mths | Total under 1. yr. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inflammatory diseases of central nervous system | M | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| F | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | -- | 1 | 1 | |
| Pneumonia | M | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | -_ | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| F | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | |
| Bronchitis | M | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| F | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Spina bifida and meningocele | M | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| F | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | |
| Congenital malformations of heart | M | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 3 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 5 |
| F | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Congenital malfor-formations of gen-ito-urinary system | M | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| F | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Other congenital malformations | M | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| F | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 4 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 2 | 6 | |
| Injury at birth | M | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| F | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | |
| Post-natal asphyxia and atelectasis | M | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| F | 3 | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | |
| Haemolytic disease of newborn | M | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| F | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | |
| Immaturity | M | 2 | 4 | - | - | - | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | 6 |
| F | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | |
| Accident fall | M | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| F | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| All other causes | M | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 3 |
| F | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | |
| TOTALS | M | 9 | 9 | 1 | - | 1 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 28 |
| F | 7 | 6 | 2 | 3 | - | 18 | 4 | 1 | 2 | - | 7 | 25 | |
| GRAND TOTAL | 16 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 38 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 53 |
There were no deaths in the following groups : tuberculosis (all
forms), syphilis, diphtheria, whooping-cough, meningococcal infections,
acute poliomyelitis, measles, diseases of ear and mastoid process,
influenza, gastritis and duodenitis, gastro-enteritis, pemphigus and sepsis
of newborn, convulsions, and lack of care of newborn.