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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

Acton 1918

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]

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Table: Table 6.INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR. 1918. Deaths from stated causes in Week and Months under One Year of Age.

Table 6.

INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR. 1918. Deaths from stated causes in Week and Months under One Year of Age.

Causes of Death.Under 1 week.1-2 weeks.2-3 weeks.3-4 weeks.1-3 months3-6 montln6-9 months9-12 mnthsTotal deaths un der 1 year
Whooping Cough............13116
Tuberculous Meningitis...........................
Other Tuberculous Diseases...............1...1
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)..................1...l
Convulsions.........111l...4
Influenza..................l23
Bronchitis............21l...4
Pneumnnia (All forms)......1...21318
Diarrhoea............1......12
Enteritis......1......36...9
Suffocation, overlaying.....................11
Injury at Birth4.....................4
Congenital Malformation11..................2
Premature Birth10l...3.........14
Atrophy. Debility and Marasmus2...2...62...113
Other Causes...............2...24
Totals17244131413970