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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 1955
[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 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. Congenital malformations Duodenal atresia | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Congenital heart disease | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| Hirschsprungs disease | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
| 32. Other defined and ill-defined diseases Amyotonia congenita | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Prematurity | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | |||
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
| 5. | Whooping Cough | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| 9. | Other infective and parasitic diseases | |||||||||||
| 20. | Other heart disease | 1 | ||||||||||
| 23. | Pneumonia | 1 | 3 | 2 | ||||||||
| 24. | Bronchitis | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| 27. | Gastritis, enteritis and diarrhoea | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| 31. | Congenital malformations | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | ||
| 32. | Other defined and ill-defined diseases | 10 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 2 | |
| 34. | All other accidents | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| 17 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 7 | ||