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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 1917
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]
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1917
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TABLE 8.
INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1917. 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 | 3-6months| | 6-9 months| | 9-12mnths| | Total deaths un der 1 yen |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Measles | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| Scarlet Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Whooping Cough | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | |
| Diphtheria and Croup | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tuberculous Menengitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | l |
| Other Tuberculous Diseases | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | l |
| Convulsions | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 2 |
| Laryngitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Bronchitis | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | 2 | 5 |
| Pneumonia (all forms) | — | — | — | — | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| Diarrhoea | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| Enteritis | — | — | 1 | — | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 16 |
| Syphilis | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| Suffocation, overlaying | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 |
| Injury at Birth | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7 |
| Atelectasis | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Congenital Malformation | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | 3 |
| Premature Eirth | 10 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 13 |
| Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus | 2 | 1 | 2 | — | 7 | 2 | — | — | 14 |
| Other Causes | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | 5 |
| Totals | 21 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 24 | 18 | 13 | 11 | 9 |