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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
Willesden 1957
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]
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Table 7
Infant Mortality: —Congenital malformations
| Urethral obstruction | 1 |
| Jejunal atresia | 1 |
| Hydrocephalus | 1 |
| Renal hyperplasia | 1 |
| Encephalocele | 1 |
| Meningomyelocele | 2 |
| Total | 7 |
Table 8
Infant Mortality:—Infections (a) Causes
| Pneumonia | 8 |
| Bronchitis | 1 |
| Whooping cough | 1 |
| Total | 10 |
(b) By Social Class
| I | Nil |
| II | Nil |
| III | 1 |
| IV | 2 |
| V | 7 |