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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 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornchurch]
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TABLE—INFANT MORTALITY, 1937.
Deaths from stated causes at various ages under one year of age.
| Under 1 week | 1-2 weeks | 2-3 weeks | 3-4 weeks | Total under 4 weeks | 4 weeks and under 3 months | 3 months and under 6 months | 6 months and under 9 months | 9 months and under 12 months | Total Deaths under 1 year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Measles | ||||||||||
| Whooping Cough | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Diphtheria | ||||||||||
| Influenza | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Tuberculosis | ||||||||||
| Meningitis | ||||||||||
| Convulsions | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Bronchitis | ||||||||||
| Pneumonia | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 10 | |||
| Diarrhoea and Enteritis | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |||||
| Congenital Malformation | 8 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 20 | |||
| Congenital Debility | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Premature Birth | 13 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 19 | ||||
| Injury at Birth | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Atelectasis | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Icterus | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Suffocation | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Inattention at Birth | ||||||||||
| Other Causes | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
In the following table the infantile deaths are distributed
amongst the various wards; when the death occurred outside the
district it has been allocated to the ward in which the parents
resided,