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 Wimbledon]
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INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE LAST lO YEARS
Cause of death | 1954 | 1955 | 1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 |
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Prematurity and atelectasis | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 9 |
Congenital defects or birth injuries | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 5 |
Diseases of the newborn | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
Tonsillar sarcoma | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Embryoma of liver | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
Pneumonia | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | - | 2 | 6 |
Bronchitis | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Acute nephritis | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
Septicaemia | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Asphyxia (unknown cause) | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Accidental death | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - |
Acute asthma | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Inattention at birth | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
Bilateral pneumothorax | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
Congenital heart disease | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Heart failure | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Pyelonephritis | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
Haemophilous influenzal meningitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Collapse of lung | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 20 | 17 | 13 | 13 | 25 | |
Total neo-natal deaths included above | 11 | 8 | 7 | a | 12 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 16 |
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