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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
Hornchurch 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornchurch]
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TABLE—INFANT MORTALITY, 1935.
Deaths from stated causes at various ages under one year of age.
| Whooping Cough | ||||||||||
| Diphtheria | ||||||||||
| Influenza | ||||||||||
| Tuberculosis | ||||||||||
| Meningitis | ||||||||||
| Convulsions | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Bronchitis | ||||||||||
| Pneumonia | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |||||
| Diarrhoea and Enteritis | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||||
| Congenital Malformation | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||||
| Congenital Debility | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | |||||
| Premature Birth | 19 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 21 | |||||
| Injury at Birth | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| Atelectasis | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||||||
| Icterus | — | |||||||||
| Suffocation | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Inattention at Birth | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||||||
| Other Causes | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |