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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
Acton 1930
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]
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TABLE 4.
INFANTILE MORTALITY 1930.
| Causes of Death. | Ages. | Wards. | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Under 1 week | 1—2 weeks | 2 3 weeks | 3—4 weeks| | 1—3 months | 3—6 montns | 6—9 montns | 9— 2 montns | North East | North West | South East | South West | |
| Measles | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| Diphtheria | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | _ | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Tubercular Meningitis | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Myocarditis | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Bronchitis | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Pneumonia | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | - | 1 | - | 3 |
| Diarrhoea | 5 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | - | 2 |
| Premature Birth | 20 | 18 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 3 | 6 | 5 | 6 |
| Congenital Malformation | 4 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 2 |
| Injury at Birth | 5 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 2 | - | -_ |
| Asphyxia Neonatorum | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - |
| Hydrocephalus | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Inanition | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Asthesia | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Atelectasis | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Accidental Burns | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Status Lvmphaticus | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Otitis Media | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | |
| Meningitis | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| TOTALS | 56 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 14 | 7 | 20 |
1930
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