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Hornchurch 1938

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornchurch]

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TABLE—INFANT MORTALITY, 1938.

Deaths from stated causes at various ages under one year of age.

Under 1 week1-2 weeks2-3 weeks3-4 weeksTotal under 4 weeks4 weeks and under 3 months3 months and under 6 months6 months and under 9 months9 months and under 12 monthsTotal Deaths under 1 year
Measles11
Whooping Cough11
Diphtheria
Influenza
Tuberculosis
Meningitis
Convulsions111
Bronchitis112
Pneumonia1113
Diarrhœa and472114
Enteritis
Congenital3111617
Malformation
Congenital Debility1112
Premature Birth171181120
Injury at Birth5166
Atelectasis4155
Icterus
Suffocation11124
Inattention at Birth111
Other Causes11224

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,