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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
Ealing 1926
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ealing]
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The causes of deaths of infants in 1926 are indicated in Table III
in which the causes of deaths in 1926 are compared with those in
the preceding seven years. In Table IIIa the causes of death,
and the ages at which death occurred amongst children under twelve
months old, are indicated. It is noteworthy that prematurity
and atrophy, delibity and marasmus accounted for half of all the
infant deaths.
TABLE III.
Causes of Infant Deaths, 1919 to 1926.
| 1919 | 1920 | 1921 | 1922 | 19231924 1 | 1925 | 1926 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diarrhoeal Diseases | 3 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4 |
| Premature Birth | 13 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 23 |
| Congenital Defects | 6 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 5 |
| Want of Breast Milk (Starvation) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | - |
| Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus | 14 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 13 |
| Tuberculous Disease | 3 | 3 | — | 2 | 1 | 3 | — | - |
| Syphilis | — | 3 | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| Rickets | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | 2 | — | 1 | —- | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Convulsions | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | 1 |
| Bronchitis | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| Pneumonia (all forms) | 4 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 5 |
| Gastritis | — | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| Common Infectious Diseases | 1 | — | 7 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Other Causes | 17 | 7 | 9 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 9 |
| Totals | 67 | 64 | 72 | 57 | 62 | 46 | 54 | 71 |