Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report of the Medical Officer of Health
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Table 2 — Infant Mortality — Cause, Age-group and Sex
CAUSE OF DEATH | Under 1 week | 1 -4 weeks | 1 -3 months | 3-6 months | 6-9 months | 9-12 months | Total | |||||||
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M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |
Prematurity and allied causes | 3 | 8 | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | 3 | 8 |
Haemorrhage | ||||||||||||||
pulmonary | _ | 2 | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | 2 |
Subarachnoid | _ | 1 | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | 1 |
Foetal anoxia | 1 | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | 1 | _ |
Hyperkaliaemia | 1 | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | 1 | _ |
Pleural effusion | 1 | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | 1 | _ |
Inhalation of mucus | _ | 1 | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | 1 |
Pulmonary oedema | _ | _ | 1 | _ | 1 | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | 2 | _ |
Cardiac arrest (hypoplasia) | _ | _ | 1 | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | 1 | _ |
Intestinal obstruction | _ | _ | _ | _ | 1 | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | 1 | _ |
Infancy syndrome | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | 1 | _ | _ | _ | _ | 1 | _ | |
Asphyxia | _ | 1 | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | 1 | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | 2 |
Bilateral lobar pneumonia | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | __ | 1 | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | 1 |
Liver and renal failure | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | 1 | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | 1 | _ |
Neuro blastoma | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | 1 | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | 1 | _ |
Myelomeningocele | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | 1 | _ | _ | _ | 1 |
Acute gastro enteritis | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | 1 | _ | _ | _ | 1 | _ |
6 | 13 | 2 | - | 2 | - | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 14 | 16 | |
Totals - (1971 in brackets) | 19 (19) | 2 (3) | 2 (6) | 5 (6) | 2 (-) | (1) | 30 (35) | |||||||
Number of deaths of illegitimate infants included in above | 7 (6) | (-) | (2) | 1 (1) | (-) | (-) | 8 (9) |