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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 1938

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finsbury Borough]

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especially important. A number of infants die from a condition
other than that for which admitted to hospital. The prevention
of toxaemia by the most modern methods with the co-operation
of the mothers would still further reduce the infant deaths.
Some mothers resent the visits of the Health Visitors and will
not take the advice offered.

Table: lnfant Deaths, 1911-30. The deaths of infants allocated to the various diseases since 1911 are given in the following table :—

lnfant Deaths, 1911-30. The deaths of infants allocated to the various diseases since 1911 are given in the following table :—

Diseases.1911-20.1921-25.1926 -30.1931 -35.193619371938Total.
Measles1371721229—1207
Diphtheria149—1——125
Scarlet Fever3121———7
Whooping Cough87283218462177
Diarrhoea and Enteritis469945344181115704
Premature Birth446166120747913835
Congenital Defects2023132546495
Marasmus170271681——222
T uberculous
Meningitis40264---52
Other Tube-culous Dis-eases3867--1-52
Erysipelas4122———9
Syphilis5393————65
Convulsions7114712——95
Bronchitis146351713123217
Pneumonia.3941471026212167740
Overlying103115————119
Hæmorrhagic Disease of the Newborn---2---2
Other Causes3359186471078574
Totals2,5306814923246858544,197