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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 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]
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TABLE IV. Infant
(Compiled from Local Returns).
| CAUSES OF DEATHS. | Under 1 week. | 1 and under 2 weeks. | 2 and under 3 weeks. | 3 and under 4 weeks. | Total under 4 weeks. | 1 month and under 3 months. | 3 months and under 6 months. | 6 months and under 9 months. | 9 months and under 12 months. | Total deaths under 1 year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Measles | ||||||||||
| Whooping Cough | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Tuberculosis | ||||||||||
| Convulsions | ||||||||||
| Bronchitis | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Pneumonia | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |||||
| Diarrhoea | ||||||||||
| Gastro-Enteritis | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||||||
| Suffocation | ||||||||||
| Injury at Birth | ||||||||||
| Atelectasis | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||||||
| Malformation | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | |||||
| Premature Birth | 6 | 1 | l | 8 | 2 | 10 | ||||
| Marasmus, etc. | 2 | 2 | ||||||||
| Other Causes | 1 | l | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||||
| Syphilis | ||||||||||
| Congenital Heait Disease | l | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Totals | 13 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 37 |