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 for Lewisham Borough]
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Cause of Death | Sex | Under 1 day | 1-6 days | 2nd week | 3rd week | 4th week | Total under 4 wks. | 1-2 mths. | 3-5 mths. | 6-8 mths. | 9-11 mths. | Total under 1 yr. |
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Cerebro-spinal fever | M | - | - | -'- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
F | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | |
Whooping cough | M | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 2 |
F | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 2 | |
Bronchitis | M | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
F | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Pneumonia | M | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 4 | 1 | - | 8 |
F | - | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | |
Other respiratory diseases | M | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
F | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Inflammation of the stomach | M | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
F | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | |
Diarrhoea | M | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - | 4 |
F | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 3 | |
Congenital malformations | M | 4 | 2 | - | - | - | 6 | 5 | - | - | - | 11 |
F | 1 | 4 | - | - | - | 5 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 7 | |
Premature birth | M | 4 | 4 | - | - | 2 | 10 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 12 |
F | 3 | 6 | 2 | - | - | 11 | - | - | - | - | 11 | |
Injury at birth | M | 2 | 2 | - | 1 | - | 5 | - | - | 5 | ||
F | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | |
Other diseases peculiar to first year of life | M | 7 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 9 | - | - | - | 9 | |
F | 4 | 5 | - | - | 1 | 10 | 1 | - | - | 11 | ||
Accidental mechanical suffocation | M | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 |
F | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | 3 | |
Food poisoning | M | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
F | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Accidental injury by fall, etc. | M | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
F | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
All other causes | M | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 4 |
F | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | 3 | |
TOTALS | M | 17 | 9 | - | 2 | 5 | 33 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 66 |
F | 10 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 33 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 54 | |
GRAND TOTAL | 27 | 27 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 66 | 18 | 21 | 7 | 8 | 120 |