Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]
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(b) Infant Mortality.
There were 43 deaths of children under one year, and this
compares with thirty-four for the previous year.
The actual causes of death of these forty-three children are set out in the following table:-
0-1 mth | 1-3 mths | 3-6 mths | 6-9 mths | 9-12 mths | Total under 1 year. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Acuta meningococcal septicaemia | 1 | 1 | ||||
Acute bronchitis | 1 | 1 | ||||
Acute suppurative broncho pneumonia | 1 | 1 | ||||
Acute gastritis | 1 | 1 | ||||
Acute circulatory failure, Acute cerebral congestion, Toxaemia | 1 | 1 | ||||
Anencephaly | 1 | 1 | ||||
Anencephaly with meningocele | 1 | 1 | ||||
Asphyxia, natural due to acute suppurative bronchitis | 1 | 1 | ||||
Atelectasis | 2 | 2 | ||||
Atelectasis, Prematurity | 1 | 1 | ||||
Bilateral pneumonia | 1 | 1 | ||||
Broncho pneumonia | 1 | 1 | ||||
Brondho pneumonia,Hydrocephalus, Mongoloid type. | 1 | 1 | ||||
Cardiac failure, persistent vomiting lyloric spasm | 1 | 1 | ||||
Cardiac failure, Cachexia) persistent vomiting | 1 | 1 | ||||
Cardiac failure due to Acute Streptococcal pneumonia | 1 | 1 | ||||
Cardiac failure, Pulmonary Atelectasis | 1 | 1 | ||||
Cardiac failure, Atelectasis & Prematurity | 1 | 1 | ||||
Cardiac failure due to Toxaemia due to broncho pneumonia | 1 | 1 | ||||
Cardio respiratory failure, prematurity. | 2 | 2 | ||||
Congenital Syphilis | 1 | 1 | ||||
Heart failure, cerebral haemorrhage | 1 | 1 | ||||
Imperforate Anus | 1 | 1 | ||||
Infective atelectasis pulmonum | 1 | 1 | ||||
Marasmus, congenital pyloric stenosis | 1 | 1 | ||||
Meningocele | 1 | 1 | ||||
Meningomyelocele, hydrocephalus | 1 | 1 | ||||
Peritonitis, perforated duodenal ulcer | 1 | 1 | ||||
Prematurity | 7 | 7 | ||||
Respiratory failure, prematurity | 1 | 1 | ||||
Septic broncho pneumonia, Inanitation congenital oesophageal atresia | 1 | 1 | ||||
Spina bifida | 3 | 3 | ||||
Suppurative hepatitis, Sepsis of the cord. | 1 | 1 | ||||
Totals. | 30 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 43 |