Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[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. |
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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 | - |