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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
Finsbury 1927
Annual report on the public health of Finsbury for the year 1927
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INFANT MORTALITY, 1927
| CAUSE OF DEATH | Under 1 week | 1-2 weeks | 2—3 weeks | 3-4 weeks | Total under 4 weels | 4 weeks and under 3 months | 3 months and under 6 months | 6 months and under 9 months | 9 months and under 12 mths. | Total deaths under 1 year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small-pox | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Chicken-pox | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Measles | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Scarlet Fever | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 |
| Whooping cough | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 2 | 3 |
| Diphtheria and Croup | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Erysipelas | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Tuberculous Meningitis | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 |
| Abdominal Tuberculosis | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Other Tuberculous Diseases | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | 2 |
| Meningitis(not Tuberculous) | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| Convulsions | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Laryngitis. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Bronchitis. | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | 2 |
| Pneumonia | – | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 14 |
| Diarrhoea | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | 11 |
| Enteritis | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 11 |
| Gastritis | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Syphilis | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Rickets | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Suffocation (overlying) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Injury at Birth | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Atelectasis | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| Congenital Malformation | 1 | – | – | 1 | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | 3 |
| Heart Disease | 4 | 1 | 1 | – | 6 | – | – | – | – | 6 |
| Premature Birth | 9 | 1 | – | – | 10 | 2 | – | – | – | 12 |
| Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | 2 |
| Other causes | 5 | 1 | – | 1 | 7 | 1 | – | – | – | 8 |
| Totals | 20 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 32 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 16 | 73 |