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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 1953
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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TABLE 4 - INFANT DEATHS UNDER ONE YEAR OF AGE, 1953
| 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 | N | F | H | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | ||
| Pneumonia | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 3 | — | — | — | — | 3 | 3 |
| Premature Births | 9 | 7 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7 | 2 |
| Congenitial Malformations, Birth Injury, Infantile Diseases | 17 | 7 | 7 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | 8 | 9 |
| Other Causes | 14 | — | 2 | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | 1 | — | 3 | — | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 |
| TOTALS | 46 | 14 | 11 | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | — | 2 | — | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 20 |