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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 1963
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough]
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Table 3—
| 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 1-11 mths. | Total under 1 yr. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pemphigus and sepsis of newborn | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| F | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | |
| Haemolytic disease of newborn | M | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Immaturity | M | 5 | — | — | — | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | 12 | |
| F | 4 | — | — | — | — | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | |
| Accidental mechanical suffocation | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | |
| All other causes | M | — | 2 | — | — | — | 2 | — | 2 | — | — | 2 | 4 |
| F | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | |
| TOTALS | M | 16 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 42 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 60 |
| F | 9 | 7 | 5 | — | — | 21 | 6 | 4 | 1 | — | 11 | 32 | |
| GRAND TOTAL | 25 | 28 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 63 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 29 | 92 |
29 infants (18 male and 11 female) thus died between the age of one
month and one year, six more than in the previous year, and
compared with 23 the year before that. 10 of the 29 deaths were from
pneumonia and bronchitis, 9 were from congenital malformations, 2
were from gastro-enteritis, and there were 5 from other causes, with 3
being undefined. The number of deaths under 4 weeks of age was
63, twelve more than in the previous year, the greatest incidences being
in immaturity with 16 deaths (3 more than last year), injury at birth
with 10 deaths, and post-natal asphyxia and atelectasis with 10 deaths
(1 less than last year).