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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
Finsbury 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finsbury Borough]
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Infant Mortality, 1937—Causes of Death.
| Cause of Death. | 0-1 weeks. | 1-2 weeks. | 2-3 weeks. | 3-4 weeks. | Total under four weeks. | 1-3 mths. | 3-6 mths. | 6-9 mths. | 9-12 mths. | Total under one year. | Clerkenwell. | St. Luke. | St. Sepul. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prematurity | 8 | 1 | - | - | 9 | - | - | - | - | 9 | 4 | 5 | - |
| Broncho-pneumonia | _ | - | 1 | - | 1 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 8 | - |
| Intussusception | _ | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Whooping Cough | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | - | - |
| Diarrhœa | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| Enteritis | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 2 | - |
| Bronchitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | 2 | 2 | - | - |
| Malformation | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | - | - |
| Atelectasis | 3 | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 2 | 1 | - |
| Influenzal Meningitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Asphyxia Neonatorum | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Miliary Tuberculosis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| Status Lymphaticus | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Violence | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| Icterus Gravis Neonatorum | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| Hyperpyrexia | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| Lobar Pneumonia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Inattention at Birth | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Total | 16 | 1 | 1 | - | 18 | 8 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 58 | 37 | 21 | - |