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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 1916
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]
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1916
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TABLE 7.
INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1916.
Deaths from stated causes in Week and Months under One Year of Age.
| Causes of Death. | Under 1 week. | 1-2 weeks. | 2-3 weeks. | 3-4 weeks. | 1-3 months | 3-6 months | 6-9 months | 9-12 months | Total deaths under 1 year. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Measles | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 |
| Whooping Cough | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | — | 4 |
| Tuberculous Menengitis | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| Other Tuberculous Diseases | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| Convulsions | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 2 |
| Laryngitis | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| Bronchitis | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Pneumonia (all forms) | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 |
| Diarrhoea | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | 7 |
| Enteritis | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | 2 |
| Syphilis | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 3 | |
| Suffocation, overlaying | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 |
| Injury at birth | I | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Atelectasis | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 5 |
| Congenital Malformations | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 4 |
| Premature birth | 11 | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 15 |
| Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus | 10 | 3 | 1 | — | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 28 |
| Other Causes | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | 3 |
| Totals | 29 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 16 | 11 | 12 | 102 |