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 Ilford]
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Table IV.-Infant Mortality.
1935. Net deaths from stated causes at various ages under one year of age.
Cause of Death. | Under l week. | 1-2 weeks. | 2-3 weeks. | 3-4 weeks. | Total under 4 weeks. | 4 weeks & 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. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Smallpox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Chickenpox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Measles | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Whooping Cough | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Diphtheria and Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | l | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Tuberculous Meningitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Abdominal Tuberculosis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Other Tuberculous Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Meningitis (not Tuber- | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | l | .. | l |
Convulsions | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Laryngitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Bronchitis | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 3 |
Pneumonia (all forms) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
Diarrhoea | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Enteritis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 14 |
Gastritis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Syphilis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Rickets | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Suffocation (overlying) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Injury at birth | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Atelectasis | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | |
Congenital Malformations | 7 | 2 | .. | .. | 9 | 1 | 2 | 1 | l | 14 |
Premature birth | 28 | 1 | l | l | 31 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 33 |
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 3 |
Other Causes | 3 | 2 | 2 | .. | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 |
Totals | 41 | 5 | 4 | l | 51 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 88 |