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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 1934
[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, 1934.
| 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 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Measles | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | 2 |
| Scarlet Fever | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 |
| Whooping Cough | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | – | 3 |
| Diphtheria and Croup | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Erysipelas | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Tuberculous Meningitis | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 |
| Abdominal Tuberculosis | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 |
| Other Tuberculous Diseases | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 |
| Meningitis | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | 2 |
| Convulsions | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 |
| Laryngitis | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Bronchitis | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| Pneumonia | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Diarrhoea | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| Enteritis | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 26 |
| Gastritis | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Syphilis | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Rickets | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | 2 |
| Suffocation | 2 | – | – | – | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | 3 |
| Injury at Birth | 4 | 1 | – | – | 5 | 1 | 1 | – | – | 6 |
| Atelectasis | 2 | – | – | – | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | 3 |
| Congenital Malformation | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 2 | – | 1 | 20 |
| Premature Birth | 25 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 5 | 2 | – | – | 37 |
| Atrophy, Debility, &c. | 2 | – | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | – | 14 |
| Other Diseases | 3 | 1 | – | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 22 |
| Bronchopneumonia | 1 | – | 1 | – | 2 | 16 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 47 |
| Acute Lobar Pneumonia | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Influenza | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Totals | 48 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 65 | 55 | 40 | 36 | 18 | 214 |