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19 infants (14 males and 5 females) thus died between the ages of
one month and one year compared with 15 in the previous year and 9
the year before that. 9 of the 19 were from pneumonia and bronchitis,
3 from congenital causes, 2 from accidents, and one each from two
other causes, while 3 were undefined. There was an increase of 23 in
the number of deaths under 4 weeks of age, spread over several groups,
but the biggest group was inmaturity where there were 27 deaths
(compared with 10 the previous year).
Local sickness
Through the courtesy of the Regional Medical Officer of the
Ministry of National Insurance, I am sent weekly a return indicating
for the various areas of London the first certificates of sickness benefit
received in the local offices. The areas served by these local offices are
in the main coterminous with postal districts of London and do not
coincide with borough boundaries. Lewisham is served by four offices,
"Lewisham," "Downham," "Eltham," and "Norwood," but as only
a very small portion of the borough comes within the purview of the
last two, it is felt that a better representation of the trend of sickness
within the borough is given by quoting only the figures for "Lewisham,"
and " Downham."

In spite therefore of a high figure in January (due to the influenza
wave) the average figure for the year was normal.