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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 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough]
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TABLE J.
Infantile Mortality, 1934.
Net 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
80
10
7
9
106
48
44
24
33
255
Measles
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
4
6
10
Whooping cough
-
-
-
-
-
1
2
4
-
7
Diphtheria
-
-
-
-
-
1
-
-
1
2
Tuberculosis of respiratory system
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
1
1
3
Syphilis
2
-
1
1
4
1
-
-
-
5
Bronchitis
-
2
-
-
2
1
3
1
-
7
Pneumonia (all forms)
1
2
-
1
4
13
13
8
9
47
Other respiratory diseases
-
-
-
-
-
1
-
-
-
1
Diarrhoea, etc.
-
-
-
1
1
11
12
1
12
37
Other digestive diseases
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
1
1
3
Congenital debility and malformation,
premature birth, etc.
69
4
6
5
84
17
6
3
2
112
Other deaths from violence
6
-
-
-
6
1
-
-
-
7
Other defined diseases
2
2
-
1
5
1
6
1
1
14