London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

View report page

Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Bromley 1938

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]

This page requires JavaScript

Table: TABLE V.Analysis of Causes of Infant Deaths, 1934-1938.

TABLE V.

Analysis of Causes of Infant Deaths, 1934-1938.

1934193ft193619371938
No. of Births (live)706758780778782Total
Infant Mortality Bate4327374749
Malformation7737731
Premature Births546101333
Respiratory Diseases5497631
Marasmus and General Debility2222210
Infectious Disease......1..1
Gastro Enteritis4125315
Convulsions2..2....4
Other Causes6335335
Totals3121273739155

Text

Copy text to clipboard

This table shows that Premature Births, Congenital Debility
and Malformation caused 51 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.