London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
View report page
Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Bermondsey 1939
Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1939
This page requires JavaScript
INFANTILE MORTALITY. Deaths from Stated Causes at Various Ages under One Year of Age, 1939.
| Cause of Death | Under 1 week | 1 — 2 weeks | 2 — 3 weeks | 3 — 4 weeks | Total under 1 month | 1 — 3 months | 3 — 6 months | 6 — 9 months | 9 — 12 months | Total under 1 year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Measles | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Scarlet Fever | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Whooping Cough | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | 2 |
| Diphtheria | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Influenza | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 |
| Tuberculous Meningitis | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Other Forms of Meningitis | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Tuberculosis of Respiratory System | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Other Tuberculous Diseases | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Syphilis | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Bronchitis | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Pneumonia (all forms) | 1 | – | – | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| Other Respiratory Diseases | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Diarrhoea and Enteritis | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | – | 3 |
| Congenital Debility and Malformation, Premature Birth | 7 | 3 | 1 | – | 11 | 1 | – | – | – | 12 |
| Injury at Birth | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| Other Causes | 7 | – | – | 1 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | – | 16 |
| Totals | 16 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 45 |
(18)