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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
Wimbledon 1948
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]
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Infant Mortality during the Year 1948.
| Cause of Death | Under 1 week | 1-2 weeks | 2-3 weeks | 3-4 weeks | Total under 4 weeks | 1-3 months | 3-6 months | 6-9 months | 9-12 months | Total Deaths under 1 year | WARD | Nth. Wimbledon | Sth. Wimbledon | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Mary's | St. John's | Cott. Park | W'don Park | Dundonald | Trinity | Sth. Park | Haydon Pk. | ||||||||||||||
| Congenital defect or birth injury | 2 | — | 1 | 5 | — | — | — | — | 5 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | 2 | 3 | 5 | ||
| Prematurity | 7 | 1 | — | — | 8 | — | — | — | — | 8 | 3 | — | — | 1 | — | 3 | — | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| Pneumonia | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 |
| Pneumococcal Meningitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 |
| Accidental death | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | 3 | 2 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | 3 |
| Total | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | 18 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 18 |