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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 1963
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wembley]
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Infantile Mortality.
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). | Uuder 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 | 3 | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| Congenital Heart Disease | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | 3 |
| Broncho pneumonia | - | 2 | - | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Acute Bronchitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Atelectasis | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Hydrocephalus | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 2 |
| Haemolytic disease of newborn | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Septicaemia | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Mucoriscidosis | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| Neonatal asphyxia | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Cardio - respiratory failure | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Hydrops foetalis | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Respiratory distress syndrome | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Severe pre-eclamptic toxaemia | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| 13 | 2 | 1 | - | 16 | 3 | 2 | 2 | - | 23 |