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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
Lambeth 1927
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough]
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TABLE IV.
BOROUGH OF LAMBETH—INFANTILE MORTALITY, 1927. Nett Deaths from stated causes at various Ages under 1 Year of Age.
| Under 1 week. | 1-2 weeks. | 2-3 weeks. | 3-4 weeks. | Total under 1 month | 1-3 months. | 3-6 months. | 6-9 months. | 9-12 months. | Total Deaths under 1 year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Causes Certified | 90 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 111 | 46 | 33 | 47 | 35 | 272 |
| Uncertified | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Chicken Pox | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Measles | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| Diphtheria | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | – | 3 | 6 |
| Whooping Cough | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 3 | 4 | 8 |
| Diarrhoea | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 24 |
| Enteritis | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | 3 | – | – | 1 | 5 |
| Influenza | – | – | – | – | I | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Phthisis | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | — | — |
| Tuberculous Meningitis | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 0 |
| Other Tuberculous Diseases | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | 2 | 4 |
| Cerebral Haemorrhage | 3 | 1 | – | – | 4 | – | – | – | – | 4 |
| Congenital Malformation | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | – | 4 | – | 15 |
| Premature Birth | 47 | 2 | 3 | – | 52 | 5 | 1 | – | 2 | 60 |
| Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | 3 | 6 | 3 | 4 | – | 16 |
| Atelectasis | 10 | 1 | – | – | 11 | – | – | – | – | 11 |
| Erysipelas | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 |
| Syphilis | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 |
| Rickets | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | – | |
| Ulcerated Colitis | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Convulsions | 4 | 1 | – | – | 5 | – | – | – | – | 5 |
| Gastritis | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 |
| Intussusception (acute) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 |
| Dentition | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Pleurisy | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Bronchitis | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 2 | – | 4 |
| Pneumonia | 2 | – | – | – | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | 3 |
| Broncho-Pneumonia | 1 | – | 1 | – | 2 | 8 | 11 | 18 | 13 | 52 |
| Pleuro-Pneumonia | 2 | – | – | – | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | – | 8 |
| Arthritis (Pneumococcal) | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 |
| Want of attention at birth | 3 | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | – | – | 3 |
| Suffocation, overlaying | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| Accident, other than Suffocation | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | 2 |
| Nephritis (Acute) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 |
| Icterus Neonatorum | 2 | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | 2 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| Asphyxia | 2 | – | 1 | – | 3 | – | 1 | – | – | 4 |
| Other causes not classified above | 5 | 2 | – | – | 7 | 2 | 1 | 2 | – | 12 |
| Totals | 90 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 111 | 46 | 33 | 47 | 35 | 272 |