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.
1936. Net deaths from stated causes at various ages under one year of age.
Cause of Death. | Under 1 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 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Diphtheria and Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
Tuberculous Meningitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Abdominal Tuberculosis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Other Tuberculous Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Meningitis (not tubercuous) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Convulsions | .. | l | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Laryngitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Bronchitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 2 |
Pneumonia (all forms) | l | l | .. | l | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 16 |
Diarrhœa | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Enteritis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | 2 | .. | 7 |
Gastritis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Syphilis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Rickets | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Suffocation (overlying) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Injury at birth | 7 | .. | .. | .. | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 |
Atelectasis | 6 | .. | .. | .. | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 |
Congenital Malformations | 7 | .. | l | l | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 14 |
Premature birth | 26 | 2 | .. | .. | 28 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 29 |
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 3 | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | 7 |
Other Causes | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | 5 |
Totals | 49 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 59 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 96 |