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18 infants (9 male and 9 female) thus died between the age of one
month and one year compared with 19 in the previous year and IS the
year before that. 8 of the 18 were from pneumonia and bronchitis, 6
were spread over 4 other causes, and 4 were undefined. There was a
decrease of IS in the number of deaths under 4 weeks of age, the biggest
decrease being in immaturity which showed a drop of 13 (from 27
to 14 deaths.
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."

The February figure was high, due to the second wave of influenza
that winter, and this increased incidence lasted into March. The average
for the year was slightly up.
Social class in relation to cause of death