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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

Leyton 1919

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]

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Bronchitis...2121...11......8
Pneumonia (all forms)...33...12...23...14
Diarrhoea..................1.........1
Enteritis142...13312...17
Gastritis.........1..................1
Syphilis...12......3
Rickets....................................
Suffocation, overlying.........21...11.........5
Injury at Birth.................................
Atelectasis......2.........1.........4
Congenital Malformations113...1...............8
Premature Birth1267...3923134
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus ...1a4...222424
Other Causes127225112124
Death received from the Registrar-General (Ward not known11
Totals61936196202011143154
Nett Births registered during the calendar yearLegitimate2,110Nett Deaths registered during the calendar yearLegitimate Infants139
Illegitimate85Illegitimate Infants15
1 infant abandoned in Norlington Road. Died in West Ham Workhouse 1/4/19. 1 newborn, unknown, found on Leyton Marshes.