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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
Camberwell 1926
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell.
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TABLE III.—INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1926. Deaths from Stated Causes at Various Ages under One Year of Age.
| Cause of Death. | Under 1week. | 1 to 2 weeks. | 2 to 3 weeks. | 3 to 4 weeks. | Total under 1 month. | 1 to 3 months | 3 to 6 months. | 6 to 9 months. | 9 to 12 months. | Total under. 1 year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small-pox | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Chicken-pox | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Measles | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 4 | 8 | 13 |
| Scarlet Fever | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Whooping Cough | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | 2 |
| Diphtheria and Croup | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| Erysipelas | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Tuberculous Meningitis | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 |
| Abdominal Tuberculosis | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Other Tuberculous Diseases | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Meningitis | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Convulsions | 6 | – | – | – | 6 | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| Laryngitis | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Bronchitis | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 14 |
| Pneumonia (All forms) | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 45 |
| Diarrhoea | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | 2 |
| Enteritis | – | 1 | 2 | – | 3 | 6 | 19 | 7 | 6 | 41 |
| Gastritis | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 1 | – | – | 3 |
| Syphilis | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | – | 3 |
| Rickets | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Suffocation | 4 | – | – | – | 4 | 1 | 1 | – | – | 6 |
| Injury at Birth | 6 | – | – | – | 6 | – | – | – | – | 6 |
| Atelectasis | 3 | 1 | – | 1 | 5 | – | – | – | – | 5 |
| Congenital Malformation | 9 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 1 | – | 26 |
| Premature Birth | 32 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 43 | 4 | 4 | 1 | – | 52 |
| Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 33 |
| Other Causes | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 1 | 2 | – | – | 20 |
| Totals | 75 | 18 | 15 | 11 | 119 | 46 | 60 | 37 | 32 | 294 |