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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

Holborn 1923

Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health, for the year 1923

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Table: Deaths of Infants under One Year of Age.The homes were visited in a large proportion of the infant deaths, and any requisite information obtained, and when required, suitable advice given.The cause and age of death are given in the following Table:—

Deaths of Infants under One Year of Age.

The homes were visited in a large proportion of the infant deaths, and any requisite information obtained, and when required, suitable advice given.

The cause and age of death are given in the following Table:—

Cause of DeathUnder 1 Week1-2 Weeks2-3 Weeks3-4 WeeksTotal under 4 Weeks4 Weeks and under 3 Months3-6 Months6-9 Months9-12 MonthsTotal under 1 Year
MFMFMFMFMFBoth sexesMFMFMFMFMFBoth sexes
Measles......................................................1...11
Whooping Cough................................................111123
Meningitis (non-tubercular)....................................................11112
Convulsions.......................................11............112
Bronchitis......1...............1...1........................1...1
Pneumonia (all forms).................................11...1...111...415
Diarrhœa......................................................1...11
Enteritis.....................1...1141......1.........527
Syphilis.................................1.....................1...1
Suffocation.......................................1......1......112
Atelectasis...1.....................11...........................11
Congenital Malformations2............1......213........................213
Premature Births22...1...1......246........................246
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus...1.....................111l.........11...235
Other causes1...1......2......224...l...1...1......257
Totals5421...4...17101773322544232447
Total both sexes9341171057847
Net births registered during the calendar year.Net deaths registered during the calendar year.
MalesFemalesBoth sexesMalesFemalesBoth sexes
Legitimate Infants271276547Legitimate Infants172441
Illegitimate Infants242448Illegitimate Infants6...6