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Acton 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]
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TABLE IV.
INFANTILE MORTALITY, 1935
| Causes of Death. | Ages. | WARDS. | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Under 1 week | 1—2 weeks | 2—3 weeks | 3—I weeks | 1—3 months | 3—6 1 months | 6—9 | months. | 9—12 months | North East | North West | South East | South West | |
| Whooping Cough . | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Congenita! Syphilis | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| Pneumonia | 3 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 |
| Diarrhoea | 11 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | - | - | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Prematurity | 13 | 12 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Congenital Debility | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - |
| Congenital Heart Disease | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - |
| Spina Bifida | 3 | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 |
| Anencephalus | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Marasmus | 2 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - |
| Injury at birth | 5 | 4 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | - | 1 |
| Convulsions | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Intussusception | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Hiorsthspring's Disease | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Otitis Media | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Renal Neoplasm | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| TOTALS | 51 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 8 | 16 |