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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 1953

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

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Table: TABLE No. 4. Deaths of Infants under one year of age. Causes of, and ages at, death. Classification according to the short list of causes of death adopted by the Registrar General in Form S.D. 25.

TABLE No. 4. Deaths of Infants under one year of age. Causes of, and ages at, death. Classification according to the short list of causes of death adopted by the Registrar General in Form S.D. 25.

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 J Year.
5. Whooping Cough-------1--1
27. Gastroenteritis-------1--1
31. Congenital malformations—
(a) Congenital heart disease-1---1----1
(b) Klippel-Feil Syndrome-------1--1
-1---1-3--4

Table: TABLE No. 5.

TABLE No. 5.

Cause of Death.19431944194519461947194819491950195119521953
3. Syphilitic disease-----------
5. Whooping Cough-----1----1
9. Other infective and parasitic diseases-1---------
20. Other heart disease--1--------
23. Pneumonia441---32---
24. Bronchitis----1-1--1-
27. Gastritis, enteritis and diarrhoea1-12211---1
31. Congenital malformations--34--21222
32. Other defined and ill-defined diseases85105955477_
34. All other accidents--11----1--
1311171212712710104