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 1971
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Table 2 — Infant Mortality — Cause, Age-group and Sex
| CAUSE OF DEATH | Under 1 week | 1 -4 weeks | 1 - 3 months | 3-6 months | 6-9 months | 9-12 months | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |
| Prematurity and allied causes | 8 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8 | 4 |
| Birth injury | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — |
| Rhesus incompatibility | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Congenital malformations: | ||||||||||||||
| Heart & Great vessels | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | _— | — | — | — | 3 | 3 | |
| Bilary artesia | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | |
| Adreno-genital | — | |||||||||||||
| syndrome | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Multiple | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Sudden death in infancy | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | —_ | —_ | — | 2 | 1 |
| Bronchitis and pneumonia | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 3 | 2 |
| Meningitis | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Gastro-enteritis | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | |
| Epiglottitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Totals - (1970 in brackets) | 12 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | — | — | 1 | — | 21 | 14 |
| 19 | 3 | 6 | 6 | _ | 1 | 35 | ||||||||
| (40) | (4) | (7) | (5) | (1) | (1) | (58) | ||||||||
| Number of deaths of illegitimate infants included in above | 6 | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | 9 | |||||||
| (9) | (1) | (1) | (1) | (1) | (—) | (13) | ||||||||