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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 1958
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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TABLE 5 ~ INFANT DEATHS UNDER ONE YEAR OF AGE, 1958 & 1959
| 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 | 1958 | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 1959 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | |
| Premature Births | 1958 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8 | 2 |
| 1959 | 14 | 8 | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8 | 6 | |
| Congenital Malformations, Birth Injury, Infantile Diseases | 1958 | 5 | 2 | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 3 |
| 1959 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 6 | 2 | |
| Other Causes | 1958 | 9 | 5 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 6 | 3 |
| 1959 | 7 | 2 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | – | – | – | 3 | ||
| TOTALS | 1958 | 27 | 13 | 6 | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | 2 | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | 1 | 18 | 9 |
| 1959 | 30 | 12 | 10 | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | 2 | 2 | – | – | – | 18 | 12 | |