London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Holborn 1950
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Holborn Borough]
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TABLE No.4.
Deaths of Infants under one year of age.
Causes of, and ages at, death.
| Cause of Death. | age. | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1 Day. | 1 Day to 1 Week. | 1-2 Weeks. | 2-3 Weeks. | 3-4 Weeks. | Total Under 4 Weeks. | 4 Weeks to 3 Months. | 3-6 Months. | 6-9 Months. | 9-12 Months. | Total Under 1 Year. | |
| Pneumonia | - | - | - | - | — | - | 1 | 1 | — | — | 2 |
| Premature Birlh | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | - | — | — | 2 |
| Congenital malformations, birth injury: infantile disease | 2 | 1 | - | — | - | 3 | — | - | — | — | 3 |
| 3 | 1 | - | - | — | 4 | 2 | 1 | — | - | 7 | |
TABLE No. 5. Infantile Mortality.
| Cause of Death. | 1940 | 1941 | 1942 | 1943 | 1944 | 1945 | 1946 | 1947 | 1948 | 1949 | 1950 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whooping Cough | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| Bronchitis | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | - | 1 | — |
| Pneumonia | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | — | 1 | - | 3 | 2 |
| Diarrhoea | 4 | 1 | - | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — |
| Other digestive diseases | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | - | — | — |
| Premature Birth | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | — | 5 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Congenital malformations, birth injury, infantile disease | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 |
| Other violent causes | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| All other causes | — | 1 | — | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| 14 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 11 | 17 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 12 | 7 |