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 Acton]
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TABLE 7.
INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR, 1919. Deaths from stated causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.
Causes of Death. | Under 1 week. | 1-2 weeks. | 2-3 weeks. | 3-4 weeks. | Total under 4 weeks. | 1-3 months | 3-6 months | 6-9 months | 9-12 mnths | Total deaths under 1 year. |
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Whooping Cough | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ||
Tuberculous Meningitis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||||
Other Tuberculous Diseases | ... | ... | ... | |||||||
Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||||
Convulsions | ... | ... | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ... | 5 | ||
Influenza | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ||||
Bronchitis | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 2 | |||
Pneumonia (All forms) | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ... | 9 | |
Diarrhoea | ... | ... | 3 | 3 | 1 | ... | ||||
Enteritis | ... | ... | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | ... | 8 | ||
Overlaying, Suffocation | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||||
Syphillis | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ||||
Injury at Birth | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||||
Congenital Malformation | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ||||
Premature Birth | 20 | ... | 1 | 21 | ... | ... | 21 | |||
Atrophy,Debility and Marasmus | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 2 | ... | 11 | ||
Other Causes | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ... | 5 | ||||
Totals | 29 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 42 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 72 |