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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
East Ham 1946
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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Table 4—INFANT DEATHS UNDER ONE YEAR OF AGE, 1946.
| Cause of Death. | Total deaths. | Age and Sex. | Total under 1 year. | Wards. | Deaths in Institutions. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1 week. | 1—2 weeks. | 2—3 weeks. | 3—4 weeks. | 1—3 months. | 3—6 months. | 6—9 months. | 9—12 months. | Manor Park. | Little Ilford | Woodgrange. | Plashet. | Kensington. | Castle. | Central. | Wall End. | Greatfield. | South. | |||||||||||||
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |||||||||||||
| Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||||||||
| Tuberculous Meningitis | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||||||||
| Bronchitis | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||
| Pneumonia | 18 | 1 | 1 | 3 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | – | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 14 | |
| Diarrhoea, etc. | 8 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 3 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | |||||
| Congenital Debility and Malformations, Premature Births | 47 | 22 | 15 | 4 | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 29 | 18 | 4 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 34 | |
| Other Defined Causes | 5 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | 1 | – | – | – | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |||||
| All Causes | 79 | 23 | 17 | 8 | – | 2 | – | – | – | 2 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 47 | 32 | 7 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 59 |