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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 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]
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TABLE IV.
INFANTILE MORTALITY 1937.
| Causes of Death. | Ages. | Wards. | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Under 1 week | 1—2 weeks | 2—3 weeks | 3—4 weeks | 1—3 months | 3—6 months | 6—9 months | 9—12 months | North East | North West | South East | South West | |
| Whooping-Cough | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| Diphtheria | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 |
| Pneumonia | 8 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | 5 | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Pulmonary Haemorrhage | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Pneumococcal Meningitis | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Diarrhoea | 11 | — | — | — | — | 5 | 4 | 2 | — | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Prematurity | 18 | 14 | — | — | 1 | 3 | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 |
| Congenital Defects | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Atelectasis | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| Marasmus | 2 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 2 |
| Haemorrhagic Disease of New Born | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Inhalation of Vomit | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| Accidentally drowned | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| TOTALS | 51 | 19 | — | — | 1 | 13 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 26 |