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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 1951
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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TABLE 4. - INFANT DEATHS UNDER ONE YEAR OF AGE, 1951.
| 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 | ||
| Whooping Cough | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Pneumonia | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 |
| Premature Births | 13 | 2 | 10 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 10 |
| Congenital Malformations, Birth Injury, Infantile Diseases | 8 | - | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 7 |
| Other Causes | 7 | 4 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 3 |
| TOTALS | 32 | 6 | 17 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 10 | 22 |