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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 1957
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Holborn Borough]
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TABLE No. 4
Death 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 Congenital heart disease | — | 1 | - | - | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 32. Other defined and ill-defined diseases | |||||||||||
| Meninigitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | |
| Prematurity | 1 | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | 3 | |
Examination of the infant deaths of 1957 shows that four deaths occurred in the first
week of life. Three of these were due to prematurity, and one to congenital heart
disease.
Of the five children dying between the age of one week and one year, three had
congenital heart disease, and two had meningitis,
In the case of five of the infants whose deaths were registered in Holborn, the home
addresses were outside England and Wales.
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 inn Form S.D.25
| Cause of Death | 1947 | 1948 | 1949 | 1950 | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 | 1954 | 1955 | 1956 | 1957 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5. Whooping Cough | _ | 1 | _ | _ | _ | _ | 1 | _ | _ | _ | _ |
| 9. Other infective and parasitic diseases | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 20. Other heart disease | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ |
| 23. Pneumonia | _ | _ | 3 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 24. Bronchitis | 1 | _ | 1 | _ | _ | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 27. Gastritis, enteritis and diarrhoea | 2 | 1 | 1 | _ | _ | _ | 1 | _ | _ | _ | |
| 31. Congenital malformations | — | _ | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 4 |
| 32. Other defined and ill-defined diseases | 9 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 7 | - | 7 | 2 | 6 | 5 |
| 34. All other accidents | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| 12 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 13 | 9 |