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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
Woolwich 1953
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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| Cause of Death. | Under 1 week. | 1-2 weeks. | 2-3 weeks. | 3-4 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 yr. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Premature Birth | 7 | 1 | - | - | 8 | - | - | - | - | 8 |
| Congenital Malformation | 6 | - | - | - | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 10 |
| Broncho Pneumonia. | 1 | 1 | . - | - | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | 7 |
| Atelectasis | 11 | 1 | - | - | 12 | - | - | - | - | 12 |
| Enteritis | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Suffocation | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 2 |
| Meningitis | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 2 |
| Whooping Cough | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| Injury at Birth | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | — | - | 1 |
| Cerebral Haemorrhage | 4 | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | 4 |
| 35 | 48 |
The following table gives details of the infant deaths during 1953 :—
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