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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 1927
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell.
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INFANTILE MORTALITY TABLE. Deaths from Stated Causes At Various Ages Under One Year Of Age.
| Cause of Death. | Under 1 week. | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Measles | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| Scarlet Fever | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Whooping Cough | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 |
| Diphtheria and Croup | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Erysipelas | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 |
| Tuberculous Meningitis | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 2 | 3 |
| Abdominal Tuberculosis | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Other Tuberculous Diseases | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | 2 |
| Meningitis | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | 2 |
| Convulsions | 3 | 3 | – | – | 6 | – | 2 | – | – | 8 |
| Laryngitis | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Bronchitis | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 11 |
| Pneumonia | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | 1 | – | 4 |
| Diarrhoea | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 1 | – | 3 |
| Enteritis | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 17 |
| Gastritis | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 |
| Syphilis | 1 | 1 | – | – | 2 | – | 1 | – | – | 3 |
| Rickets | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Suffocation | 4 | – | – | – | 4 | 2 | 1 | – | – | 7 |
| Injury at Birth | 6 | – | – | – | 6 | 2 | – | – | – | 6 |
| Atelectasis | 1 | – | – | 1 | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | 3 |
| Congenital Malformation | 4 | 2 | – | 2 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 1 | – | 18 |
| Premature Birth | 44 | 3 | – | 1 | 48 | 2 | 1 | 1 | – | 52 |
| Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus | 4 | – | – | – | 4 | 6 | 7 | 1 | – | 18 |
| Other Causes | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 11 |
| Broncho Pneumonia | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 33 |
| Influenza | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | 2 |
| Totals | 72 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 92 | 42 | 43 | 24 | 22 | 223 |