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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

Bromley 1936

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]

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Table: TABLE V.Analysis of Causes of Infant Deaths, 1932-1936.

TABLE V.

Analysis of Causes of Infant Deaths, 1932-1936.

19321933193419351936
No. of Births605598706758780
Infantile Mortality Rale3341432737Total
Malformation6477327
Premature Births4554624
Respiratory Diseases5654929
Marasmus and General Debility1422211
Infectious Disease...1.........1
Gastro Enteritis1...4128
Convulsions......2...24
Other Causes3563320
Totals2025312127124
This table shows that Premature Births, Congenital Debility and Malformation caused 50 per cent. of the total infant deaths during the past five years, and should be taken as an indication of the great need for ante-natal supervision.