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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
Wembley 1943
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wembley]
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Infantile Mortality.
Deaths from stated causes at various ages under 1 year of
| Cause of Death (extracted from weekly returns of local Registrars, and from inward transfers of Registrar General). | Under 1 week | 1 - 2 weeks | 2-3 weeks | 3 - 4 weeks | Total under one month | 1-3 months | 3-6 months | 6-9 months | 9-12 months | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prematurity | 17 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 2 | - | - | - | 26 | |
| Congenital defects | 6 | 1 | - | — | 7 | - | 2 | - | - | 9 |
| Atelectasis | 5 | 1 | — | - | 6 | - | - | - | - | 6 |
| Asphyxia neonatorum | 2 | — | — | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Gastro-enteritis | — | — | — | — | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | |
| Neonatal diarrhoea | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | l |
| Pneumonia | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 |
| Bronchitis | 1 | — | — | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Pulmonary abscesses | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Intra-cranial haemorrhage | _ | _ | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Cerebral do. | 2 | — | — | — | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Convulsions | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Meningitis | — | — | — | — | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | |
| Marasmus | — | — | — | — | - | - | - | 1 | _ | 1 |
| Intussusception | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | _ | - | - | _ | 1 |
| Septicaemia | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | - | _ | _ | - | 1 |
| Measles | — | — | — | — | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Tuberculosis | — | — | — | — | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Hydrocephalus | — | — | — | — | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Violence (criminal) | — | — | — | — | - | 1 | - | -— | — | 1 |
| 34 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 50 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 77 |
Of the 77 deaths which occurred in children who never celebrated their first birthday, 34(i.e.44%)
occurred within the first week of life while 50 (i.e.
65%) occurred within the first four weeks of life
6.