London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Islington 1958
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough]
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Deaths under 1 year of age
Table 3
| Cause of death | Sex | Under 1 day | 1-6 days | 1 week | 2 weeks | 3 weeks | Total under 4 wks. | 1-2 mths. | 3-5 mths. | 6-8 mths. | 9-11 mths. | Total 1-11 mths | Total under 1 yr. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Haemorrhagic conditions | M | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| F | |||||||||||||
| Pneumonia | M | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | ||||||
| F | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||||||
| Bronchitis | M | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | ||||||||
| F | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
| Other respiratory diseases | M | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| F | |||||||||||||
| Gastroenteritis | M | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| F | |||||||||||||
| Spina bifida and meningocele | M | ||||||||||||
| F | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Congenital hydrocephalus | M | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| F | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Congenital malformations of heart | M | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |||||
| F | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Congenital malforformations of genito-urinary system | M | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| F | |||||||||||||
| Other congenital malformations | M | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||
| F | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
| Injury at birth | M | 4 | 2 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||
| F | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Post-natal asphyxia and atelectasis | M | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||
| F | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | |||||||||
| Haemolytic disease of newborn | M | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| F | |||||||||||||
| Immaturity | M | 12 | 7 | 1 | 20 | 20 | |||||||
| F | 3 | 4 | 7 | 7 | |||||||||
| Accidental falls | M | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| F | |||||||||||||
| Other accidents | M | 1 | _ | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| F | |||||||||||||
| All other causes | M | 3 | 3 | 3 | |||||||||
| F | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| TOTALS | M | 21 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 41 | 9 | 2 | 3 | - | 14 | 55 |
| F | 7 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 3 | - | 1 | 1 | 5 | 25 | ||
| GRAND TOTAL | 28 | 26 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 61 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 80 |
There were no deaths in the following groups : tuberculosis (all
forms), syphilis, diphtheria, whooping-cough, meningococcal infections,
acute poliomyelitis, measles, diseases of ear and mastoid process,
influenza, gastritis and duodenitis, pemphigus and sepsis of newborn,
convulsions, and lack of care of newborn.