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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
Islington 1952
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington Borough]
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SUMMARY OF INFANT MORTALITY 1952 (Based on Registrar General's Returns)
| Primary Cause of Death | Under 1 day | | Days | Weeks | Months | 1952 | (1951) | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1-2 | 2—3 | 3-4 | 4-5 | 5—6 | 6—7 | 1-2 | 2—3 | 3-4 | 1-2 | 2—3 | 3-4 | 4-5 | 5—6 | 6-7 | 7 8 | 8-9 | 9-10 | 10—11 | 11—12 | ||||
| Totals | Totals | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Measles | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Whooping Cough | 1 | 1 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Cerebro Spinal Fever | (—) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tuberculosis—Lungs | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tuberculosis—Other forms | (-) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bronchitis | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | (8) | |||||||||||||||||
| Pneumonia | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 16 | (21) | ||||||||||
| Influenza | (2) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Enteritis and Diarrhoea | 2 | 2 | (2) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Premature Birth | 13 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 24 | (16) | ||||||||||||||||
| Congenital Malformation, Birth Injury, Atelectasis Atrophy and Marasmus | 13 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 29 | (47) | |||||||||||
| Syphilis | (-) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Suffocation Overlying | (-) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Violent Causes | (2) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Road Traffic Accidents | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| All Other Cases | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 | (8) | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 31 | 9 | 6 | 12 | - | 2 | — | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 88 | (109) |