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East Ham 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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TABLE 4.
Infant Deaths under One Year of Age, 1934.
| 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. | |||
| Diphtheria | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Whooping Cough | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| F | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Syphilis | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Meningococcal Meningitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Tuberculosis (all forms) | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Bronchitis | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Pneumonia | M | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | 3 | — | 8 | |
| F | — | — | 3 | — | 2 | 2 | 9 | |||
| Diarrhoea, etc. | M | — | — | — | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | ||
| F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Congenital Debility and Malformations, Premature Births. | M | 17 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | — | — | 30 |
| F | 14 | — | — | — | 4 | — | — | — | 18 | |
| Other defined causes | M | — | — | 2 | 7 | |||||
| F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| All causes | M | 17 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 59 |
| F | 14 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 34 | |||||
General Provision of Health Services.
Professional Nursing in the Home.
(a) General, (b) Infectious Diseases.
A. General.—The excellent work performed by the nurses
attached to the Branch Home in Katherine Road of the Plaistow
District Nurses is of inestimable benefit to residents of the district.
The Authority makes a grant in aid of these services.
For Public Assistance cases the services of Nurse Kelley are
available upon recommendation of the patient's medical attendant.
B. Infectious Diseases.—No provision is made for the
nursing of cases of infectious disease in the home, but where in
non-notifiable illness such as Measles, Whooping Cough, the