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East Ham 1932
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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TABLE 8.
Infant Deaths under One Year of Age, 1932.
| Cause of Death. | Ages. | Total under 1 year. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sex. | Under 1 week. | 1-2 weeks. | 2-3 weeks. | 3-4 weeks. | 1-3 months. | 3-6 months. | 6-9 months. | 9-12 months. | ||
| Whooping Cough | M | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| f | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | 3 | |
| Measles | M | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| f | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Cancer, Malignant disease | M | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| f | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Cerebral Haemorrhage, etc | M | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| F | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 2 | |
| Bronchitis | M | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | 3 |
| F | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Pneumonia (all forms) | M | — | — | 2 | — | — | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
| F | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 2 | — | 2 | 6 | |
| Diarrhoea, etc. | M | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 |
| F | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | |
| Other Digestive diseases | M | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| F | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Congenital Debility, Premature Births, Malformations, etc. | M | 25 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | _ | 38 |
| F | 8 | 5 | 1 | — | 1 | 3 | - | - | 18 | |
| Other violence | M | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | - | _ | 2 |
| F | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Other defined diseases | M | — | — | — | — | 2 | _ | _ | 1 | 3 |
| F | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 4 | |
| All causes | M | 27 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 76 |
| F | 8 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 36 | |
Professional Nursing in the Home.
(a) General, (b) For Infectious Diseases.
As set out in my report for 1931.
Midwives.
There is nothing further to add to my remarks in last year's
report.
Midwives Act, 1902 and 1918.
The midwives on the roll for 1932, numbered 57. Of this
number 39 worked in connection with the Maternity Hospital
and District Nurses' Home, Plaistow, and its branches, three at
the Sir Henry Tate Nurses' Home, Silvertown, two from the
Kelvingrove Nurses' Home, Windsor Road, one from the Essex
County Nurses' Training Home, Leytonstone, and 12 practised
independently.