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 Bromley]
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TABLE IV. INFANT MORTALITY, 1938. (Compiled from Local Returns).
CAUSES OF DEATH. | Under 1 Week. | 1 and under 2 Weeks. | 2 and under 3 Weeks. | 8 and under 4 Weeks. | Total under 4 Weeks. | 1 month and under 3 Months | 3 months and under 6 Months | 6 Months and under 9 Months | 9 Months and under 12 Months. | Total Deaths under 1 year. |
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Measles | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Whooping Cough | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Tuberculosis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Convulsions | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Bronchitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Pneumonia | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 6 |
Diarrhœa | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Gastro- Enteritis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Suffocation | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Injury at Birth | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Atelectasis | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Malformation | 5 | .. | .. | 1 | 6 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 7 |
Premature Birth | 11 | .. | 2 | .. | 13 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 13 |
Marasmus, etc. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Other Causes | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 4 |
Syphilis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Congenital Heart Disease | • • | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 |
Totals | 19 | •• | 3 | 3 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 39 |