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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 1958
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough]
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| CAUSE | Under 1 day | 1 - 7 days | 1 - 2 weeks | 2 - 3 weeks | 3 weeks to 1 month | TOTAL UNDER 1 month | 1 - 3 months | 3 - 6 months | 6 - 9 months | 9 - 12 months | TOTAL UNDER 1 year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prematurity | 19 | 9 | 28 | 1 | 29 | ||||||
| Atelectasis and Prematurity | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 6 | 6 | ||||
| Intra-cranial Haemorrhage and Prematurity | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 11 | ||||
| Pneumonia | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 16 | |||
| Asphyxia | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 | ||||||
| Atelectasis | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||
| Cardiac Failure | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 7 | |||||
| Congenital Heart Disease | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||||||
| Subdural Haemorrhage | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Polycystic Lungs | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Pneumonocoecal Meningitis | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Anancephalic Foetus | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | |||||||
| Pre-Viability | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||
| Haemolytic Disease of new born | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Encephalitis | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Bronchitis | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||||||
| Renal Failure | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Meningitis | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||
| Hydrocephalus | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
| Spina Bifida | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Marasmus | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Agensis of Diaphragm | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Acute Enteritis | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| Anaemia | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Unascertainable | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| TOTALS | 43 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 76 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 111 |