London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
St Pancras 1944
Annual report (abridged) on the Health of the Borough for the year 1944
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Infant Mortality
Deaths from stated causes with Ward distribution
| Cause of Death | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | No address | Totals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whooping cough | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
| Septicaemia | l | 1 | ||||||||
| Badsillary dysentery | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Congenital syphilis | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Meningitis | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Bronchitis | l | 2 | 3 | |||||||
| Broncho-pneumonia | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 20 | |
| Pneumonia (not stated) | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Enteritis | 8 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 20 | ||||
| Congenital malformation | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 13 | ||||
| Premature birth | 5 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 25 | |||
| Injury at birth | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | |||||
| Atelectasis | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||
| Other diseases peculiar to 1st year of life | 2 | 2 | 4 | |||||||
| Lack of care of newborn | 1 | |||||||||
| Other violence | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||
| Other causes | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | |||
| Totals | 13 | 33 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 2 | 123 |
Maternal Mortality
All causes - per 1,000 live and still births 3.04