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Acton 1920

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]

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Table: TABLE 7.INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1920. Deaths from stated causes in Weeks and Months under one year of age.

TABLE 7.

INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1920. Deaths from stated causes in Weeks and Months under one year of age.

Causes or Death.Under 1 week1-2 weeks2-3 weeks3-4 weeksTota1 under 4 weeks.1-3 months3-6 months6-9 months9-12 monthsTotal d'ths under 1 yr.
Measles........................11
Whooping Cough..................1157
Meningitis (not Tuberculosis)...............1......12
Convulsions2.........211......4
Bronchitis...112424......10
Pneumonia (all forms)...2...13421212
Diarrhoea and Enteritis...3...14432215
Congenital Syphilis...............112...4
Injury at Birth2.........2............2
Congenital Malformation211...411......6
Premature Birth15121193.........22
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus14......5...1118
Other causes......1...114...17
Totals221255441818713100

Table: TABLE 8.INFANTILE MORTALITY—WARD DISTRIBUTION, 1920.

TABLE 8.

INFANTILE MORTALITY—WARD DISTRIBUTION, 1920.

Causes of Death.North EastNorth WestSouth EastSouth WestTotal.
Measles......1...1
Whooping Cough11327
Meningitis (not Tuberculosis)1...1...2
Convulsions...1124
Bronchitis22...610
Pneumonia (All Forms)2l5412
Diarrhoea and Enteritis145515
Congenital Syphilis13......4
Injury at Birth1...1...2
Congenital Malformation1...236
Premature Birth464822
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus2......68
Other Causes21137
Totals18192439100