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
City of Westminster 1965
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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TABLE 2.—Infant Mortality—According to Cause, Age-group and Sex
| CAUSE OF DEATH | Under 1 week | 1 and under 2 weeks | 2 and under 4 weeks | 1 and under 3 months | 3 and under 6 months | 6 and under 9 months | 9 and under 12 months | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| Gastro-enteritis | — | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Atelectasis | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | ||||||||||||
| Duodenal Atresia | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Premature Birth | 13 | 7 | 13 | 7 | ||||||||||||
| Pulmonary Collapse | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Bronchitis | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Congenital Heart diseases | 1 | _ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ||||||||
| Intraventricular Haemorrhage | 2 | 7 | ||||||||||||||
| Intra-uterine Asphyxia | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Respiratory Failure | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Acute Leukaemia | 1 | 1 | — | |||||||||||||
| Intra-uterine foetal asphyxia | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Sub-dural Haematoma | 1 | 1 | — | |||||||||||||
| Peritonitis | 1 | 1 | — | |||||||||||||
| Broncho-pneumonia | 2 | 2 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 2 | 1 | 4 | |||||
| Placental Insufficiency | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Achondroplasia | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Pulmonary Haemorrhage | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Acidosis | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Cerebral Haemorrhage | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Precipitate Labour | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Asphyxia | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||
| Totals | 35 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | 44 | 30 | |
| 56 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | - | 74 | |||||||||
| Number of deaths of illegitimate infants included above | 14 | — | — | — | 2 | — | - | 16 | ||||||||
TABLE 3.—Maternal Mortality
| Age | Cause of death |
|---|---|
| 19 years | Fulminating streptococcal septicaemia; (60 hours after delivery) haemolytic streptococcus Group A. |
| 45 years | Heart failure; uraemia; severe haemorrhage following caesarean section; total hysterectomy. |
| 41 years | Hypertension and circulatory failure following caesarean delivery. (All these deaths occurred at Hospitals in Westminster.) |