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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 1962
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wembley]
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| 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 | Total deaths under 1 year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prematurity | 4 | 1 | - | - | 5 | - | - | - | — | 5 |
| Congenital Heart Disease | 3 | — | — | — | 3 | 1 | — | — | 4 | |
| Intra cranial haemorrhage | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Acute Bronchitis | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Gastro enteritis | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Tricuspid atresia | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 2 |
| Broncho pneumonia | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Asphyxia Neonatorum | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Atelectasis | 2 | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| Septic embolization | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Pneumonia | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Peritonitis | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 2 |
| Asphyxia due to carbon monoxide | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Right pyo-pneumothorax leak | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Cardiac failure | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Massive haemorrhagic necrosis of renal medulla in conse | ||||||||||
| quence of conjoint twinning | 2 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | ||
| Hydrocephalus | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Pulmonary syndrome | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| 15 | 6 | — | — | 21 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 33 |