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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
Paddington 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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TABLE 44. Hopeless Births.
Mortality in childhood
| Days. | Weeks. | Months. | Totals. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0– | 1– | 2– | 3– | 4– | 5– | 6– | 1– | 2– | 3– | 1–2 | 1913. | 1912. | |||||||||||||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | ||
| Premature Birth | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | –_ | 1 | 2 | 20 | 19 | |||
| Congenital Defects | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | 5 | 5 | |||
| Atelectasis | 3 | 2 | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 2 | |||
| Injury at Birth | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 2 | |||
| Debility at Birth | 2 | 2 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 4 | 2 | |||
| Atrophy, Debility | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | |||
| 14 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1 | – | 3 | 2 | 37 | 30 | ||||
| Diarrhœal Diseases | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||
| Respiratory Diseases | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | 2 | 2 | 7 | 1 | |||
| Convulsions | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | |||
| Other Causes | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | 5 | 1 | |||
| Totals | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1912 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | – | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | – | – | 9 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 52 | 36 | |||
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