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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 1952
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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TABLE 4. - INFANT DEATHS UNDER ONE YEAR OF AGE, 1952
| 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 | ||
| Pneumonia | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 3 | - |
| Gastro-Enteritis | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Atalectasis | 6 | 4 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 2 | |
| Congenital Malformation | 6 | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 3 |
| Premature Births | 11 | 6 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | 4 |
| Other Causes | 10 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 6 | 4 |
| TOTALS | 37 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | 24 | 13 |