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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 1933
[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, 1933.
| 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. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smallpox | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Chicken Pox | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
| Measles | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 |
| Scarlet Fever | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | – | – | – |
| Whooping Cough | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 4 | – | 4 | 9 |
| Diphtheria and Croup | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 |
| Erysipelas | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 |
| Tuberculous Meningitis | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 |
| Abdominal Tuberculosis | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Other Tuberculous Diseases | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | 1 |
| Meningitis | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Convulsions | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 |
| Laryngitis | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Bronchitis | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 2 | – | 2 | 6 |
| Pneumonia | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | 2 |
| Diarrhoea | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | 3 | 2 | – | 1 | 7 |
| Enteritis | – | – | – | – | – | 6 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 25 |
| Gastritis | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Syphilis | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| Rickets | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Suffocation | 4 | – | 1 | 1 | 6 | – | 1 | – | – | 7 |
| Injury at Birth | 2 | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | 2 |
| Atelectasis | 4 | – | – | – | 4 | 1 | – | – | – | 5 |
| Congenital Malformation | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | – | 17 |
| Premature Birth | 25 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 29 | – | – | – | – | 29 |
| Atrophy, Debility, &c. | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 3 | – | 1 | – | 14 |
| Other Diseases | 3 | 3 | – | – | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 17 |
| Broncho-pneumonia | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | 3 | – | 3 | 10 |
| Acute Lobar Pneumonia | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Influenza | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Totals | 49 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 67 | 31 | 27 | 17 | 18 | 160 |