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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 1947
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wembley]
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Deaths from stated causes at various ages under one year.
| Cause of death (extracted from weekly returns of local Registrars, and from inward transfers of RegistrarGeneral). | 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 9 | Total deaths under 1 year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prematurity | 6 | 3 | — | — | 9 | 1 | — | — | - | 10 |
| Congenital defects1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | — | 7 | — | 1 | — | — | 9 |
| Broncho pneumonia. | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | 7 |
| Atelectasis | 9 | 1 | — | — | 10 | — | — | — | — | 10 |
| Gastro-enteritis | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | 2 |
| Birth injuriest | 4 | — | — | — | 4 | — | — | — | — | 4 |
| Violent deaths | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| Diseases of the new Born‡ | 3 | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | 3 |
| Meningitis | — | 2 | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| Acute bronchitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| Accidental death | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| Miliary tuberculosis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 |
| Cerebral degeneration | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 |
| Exhaustion | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 |
| 28 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 38 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 53 |
* Included in congenital defects are Ac. hydrocephalus (1), defects
of heart (4), multiple deformities (1), meningocele (1), cretinism
(1), neonatal pyaemia (1).
† Included in birth injuries are sub-dural haemorrhage (1), cerebral
haemorrhage (1), intra-eranial haemorrhage (1), laceration of
tentorium (1).
‡ Included in diseases of the new born are:—erythroblastosis
faetalis (2).
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