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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

Wandsworth 1926

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]

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10 Report of the Medical Officer of Health.

Table: Table VII. gives the corrected number of deaths, and the cause of death, at various periods up to one year of age.TABLE VII.

Table VII. gives the corrected number of deaths, and the cause of death, at various periods up to one year of age.

TABLE VII.

Cause of Death.Under 1 Week.1-2 Weeks.2-3 Weeks.3-4 Weeks.Total under 4 Weeks.4 Weeks and under 3 Months.3 Months and under 6 Months.6 Months and under 9 Months.9 Months and under 12 Months.Total Deaths under 1 Year.
All Causes:-
Certified114239815446483136315
Uncertified----------
Small-pox----------
Chicken-pox----------
Measles------15713
Scarlet Fever----------
Whooping Cough---1122229
Diphtheria and Croup----------
Erysipelas----------
Tuberculous Meningitis------1225
Abdominal Tuberculosis----------
Other Tuberculous Diseases-------224
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)--------11
Convulsions12--3-2--5
Laryngitis----------
Bronchitis-1-12433214
Pneumonia (all forms)-2-139147942
Diarrhoea------2338
Enteritis11-132103119
Gastritis-----11--2
Syphilis---11--1-2
Rickets----------
Suffocation, overlaying-----11--2
Injury at Birth131--14----14
Atelectasis16---161---17
Congenital Malformations453-1293-327
Premature Birth594527051--76
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus941115942-30
Other Causes113--14331425
Totals114239815446483136315

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Nett Births in the year : legitimate, 4,719; illegitimate, 196.
Nett Deaths in the year of legitimate infants, 297 ; illegitimate
infants, 18.