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Holborn 1954

[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 1 Year.
31. Hydrocephalus———————1——1
32. Premature birth2———4————4
Acute haemolytic anaemia—————————11
Erythroblastosis foetalis1————1————1
Toxic thrombocytopenia———————1——1
32———5—2—18

Table: TABLE No. 5.Deaths of Infants under one year of age for preceding 10 years. Classification according to the short list of causes of death adopted by the Registrar General in Form S.D. 25.

TABLE No. 5.

Deaths of Infants under one year of age for preceding 10 years. Classification according to the short list of causes of death adopted by the Registrar General in Form S.D. 25.

Cause of Death.19441945194619471948194919501951195219531954
3. Syphilitic disease———————————
5. Whooping Cough————1————1—
9. Other infective and parasitic diseases1——————————
20. Other heart disease—1——--—————
23. Pneumonia41———32————
24. Bronchitis———1—1——1——
27. Gastritis, enteritis and diarrhoea112211———1—
31. Congenital malformations—34——212221
32. Other defined and ill-defined diseases5105955477—7
34. All other accidents—11————1———
111712127127101048