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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
Barking 1940
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]
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The following table gives the actual causes of death of the 35 children who died under one year of age : -
| 0-1 mth. | 1-3 mths. | 3-6 mths. | 6-9 mths. | 9-12 mths. | Total under 1 year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acute Broncho-Pneumonia | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Acute Intussusception | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Anencephalous | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Asphyxia Pallida and Prematurity | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Asphyxia due to subdural lacmatoma due to tentorial tear due to rapid moulding at birth | I 1 | 1 | ||||
| Asphyxia (natural) due to acute suppurative bronchitis | l | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Atelectasis | 1 | i | 1 | |||
| Atelectasis and prematurity | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Broncho-Pneumonia | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Broncho-Pneumonia and Pink Disease | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Broncho-Pneumonia and congenital heart disease | . | 1 | 1 | |||
| Broncho-Pneumonia and Marasmus | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Cardiac failure due to Streptococcal pneumonia | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Cardiac failure due to premature birth with natural shock | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Convulsions and Influenza | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Due to War Operations | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Gastro-enteritis | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Heart failure and Acute miliary tuberculosis. Miliary tuberculosis of lungs and Meningis | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Infantile diarrhoea | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Meningitis. Pneumococcal | ||||||
| Right Lobar Pneumonia | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Meningococcal meningitis | l | 1 | ||||
| Pneumococcal meningitis and Pneumonia | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Post operative collapse of lung. Pyloric stenosis | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Prematurity | 9 | 9 | ||||
| Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Toxemia, Chronic Impetigo, Infected scabies and Basal bronchitis | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Totals | 18 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 35 |
(c) Maternal Mortality,
There were 4 deaths of Barking women due to or in
consequence of pregnancy or childbirth. One of these women,
however, died in November, 1939, but it is necessary to include
this case in the figures for 1940 as the death was not
registered until February, 1940.
There were two cases where the terrqinal illness
was associated with abortion, and in neither of these cases
had the unfortunate woman come within the purview of your Antenatal
Scheme. The third woman also had not been treated antenatally
by your officers.
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