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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 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough]
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TABLE I. Infantile Mortality, 1935. 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 | 74 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 95 | 33 | 50 | 27 | 20 | 225 |
| Measles | — | — | — | —_ | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Whooping cough | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 10 | |||||
| Diphtheria | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 2 |
| Influenza | _ | — | __ | _ | _ | _ | 1 | 2 | — | 3 |
| Other tuberculous diseases | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | ||||||
| Syphilis | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 2 |
| Bronchitis | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
| Pneumonia (all forms) | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 35 |
| Other respiratory diseases | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 2 |
| Diarrhoea, etc. | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 33 |
| Other diseases of liver, etc. | 1 | — | — | _ | 1 | _ | — | — | — | 1 |
| Other digestive diseases | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | |
| Congenital debility and malformation, premature birth, etc | 63 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 79 | 15 | 8 | — | — | 102 |
| Other deaths from violence | 4 | _ | — | — | 4 | 1 | — | — | — | 5 |
| Other defined diseases | 4 | — | 1 | — | 5 | — | 4 | 3 | 12 |