Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stoke Newington, The Metropolitan Borough]
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The causes of the 15 infant deaths in 1954 are set out in the following table:-
Causes of Death | Under 24 hours | 1 day to 1 week | 1-2 weeks | 2-3 weeks | 3-4 weeks | Total under 4 weeks | 1-3 months | 3-6 months | 6-9 months | 9-12 months | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pneumonia | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Congenital Malformations | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | 3 |
Bronchitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | |
All other Causes | 2 | 5 | — | - | - | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 10 |
3 | 6 | 1 | - | - | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | 15 |
INFANTILE MORTALITY
Causes of Death | 1945 | 1946 | 1947 | 1948 | 1949 | 1950 | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 | 1954 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pneumonia | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | - | 2 | 1 |
Congenital Malformations, etc. | 4 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
Premature Birth | 11 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 11 | - | - | 4 |
Whooping Cough | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Bronchitis | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 |
Diarrhoea | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | - | 1 | - |
Other Digestive Diseases | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Prolonged Labour | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Syphilis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Measles | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Tuberculosis | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Other Respiratory Diseases | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 |
Violent Causes | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
All other Causes | - | 1 | - | 3 | - | 5 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 1 |
27 | 35 | 24 | 25 | 15 | 21 | 26 | 11 | 18 | 15 |