Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report for the year 1924 of the Medical Officer of Health
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Thus—the Committee have considered in detail:—
83 deaths of infants under 2 years of age,
3 maternal deaths,
26 still-births,
and the result of their investigations may be summarised as follows :—
The 83 infant deaths were certified to be due to the following:—
Cause of Death, | No. of Deaths. |
---|---|
Premature birth | 14 |
Pneumonia | 13 |
Marasmus | 10 |
Enteritis | 7 |
Injury at birth | 5 |
Bronchitis | 5 |
Congenital malformation | 4 |
Measles | 2 |
Whooping Cough | 2 |
Diphtheria | 2 |
Convulsions | 2 |
Syphilis | 2 |
Meningitis | 3 |
Tuberculous Meningitis | 1 |
Gastritis | 1 |
Suffocation | 1 |
Atelectasis | 1 |
Vincent's Angina | 1 |
Septiæcmia | 1 |
Cerebral hæmorrhage | 1 |
Otitis Media | 1 |
Epilepsy | 1 |
Cellulitis of scrotum | 1 |
Asphyxia, accelerated by haemorrhage from untied umbilical cord | 1 |
Total | 83 |
Of this number, 70 were legitimate infants and 13 were illegitimate.