Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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TABLE 4 . INFANT DEATHS UNDER ONE YEAR OF AGE, 1950.
Cause of Death | Total deaths. | AGE AND SEX. | 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. | ||||||||||||
M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | ||
Tuberculosis, Respiratory | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
Whooping Cough | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Measles | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Bronchitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Pneumonia | 7 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 2 |
Enteritis | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Congenital Malformation | 7 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 5 | 2 |
Premature Births | 17 | 8 | 8 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | 8 |
Other Causes | 10 | 5 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 7 | 3 |
TOTALS | 45 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 5 | - | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | 27 | 18 |