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East Ham 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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TABLE 4.
Infant Deaths under One Year of Age, 1933.
| Cause of Death. | Sex. | Ages. | Total under 1 year. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1 week.. | 1-2 weeks. | 2-3 weeks. | 3-4 weeks. | 1-3 months. | 3-6 months. | 6-9 months. | 9-12 months. | |||
| Scarlet Fever | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Whooping Cough | M | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 |
| F | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 2 | |
| Heart Disease | M | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Meningococcal Meningitis | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | |
| Tuberculosis (all forms) | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 |
| F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | |
| Bronchitis | M | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | 2 |
| F | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | |
| Pneumonia | M | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 3 |
| F | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 3 | — | — | 6 | |
| Other Respiratory diseases | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 |
| F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Diarrhoea, etc. | M | — | 2 | — | — | — | 2 | 4 | — | 8 |
| F | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 3 | — | — | 5 | |
| Congenital Debility and Malformations, Premature Births. | M | 15 | 3 | — | 2 | 6 | — | 1 | — | 27 |
| F | 13 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 16 | |
| Other defined causes | M | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 6 |
| F | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | 4 | |
| All causes | M | 18 | 6 | — | 3 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 51 |
| F | 14 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 36 | |
Professional Nursing in the Home.
(a) General, (b) Infectious Diseases.
As set out in the report for 1931.
Midwives.
There is nothing further to add to the remarks published
under this heading for the year 1931.
Midwives Acts, 1902 and 1918.
The number of midwives on the roll for 1933 was 50. Of this
number 33 worked in connection with the Maternity Hospital and
District Nurses' Home, Plaistow, and its branches, four at Sir
Henry Tate Nurses' Home, Silvertown, three at the Kelvingrove
Nurses' Home, Windsor Road, and 10 practised independently.