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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

Walthamstow 1933

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]

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Table: SUMMARY, 1933 Causes of Death of Children under 1 year of age.

SUMMARY, 1933 Causes of Death of Children under 1 year of age.

Cause of Death.Under 1 Week1-2 Weeks2-3 Weeks3-4 WeeksTotal under 4 Weeks4 Weeks and under 3 Months3 Months and under 6 Months6 Months and under 9 Months9 Months and under 12 MonthsTotal Deaths under One Year.Wards.
St. James' StreetHigh StreetHoe StreetWood StreetHale EndHigham Hill
Influenza----------------
Smallpox----------------
Chickenpox----------------
Measles---------------
Scarlet Fever----------------
Whooping Cough------2--2-1-1--
Diptheria and Croup----------------
Erysipelas--------11----1-
Tuberculous Meningitis-------1-1--1---
Abdominal Tuberculosis----------------
Other Tuberculous Diseases----------------
Phthisis----------------
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)--------111-----
Convulsions41--5-1-17-1213-
Laryngitis----------------
Bronchitis----------------
Pneumonia (all forms)--2-246-41662413-
Diarrhoea-----1---11-----
Enteritis-111344--115-33-
Gastritis------1--11-----
Syphilis----------------
Rickets----------------
Inattention at Birth, wilful neglect2---2----2-1-
Suffocation, overlaying1----
Injury at Birth----------------
Atelectasis11--21---3-11-1-
Congenital Malformations721111----119-234-
Premature. Birth102--12----122-3124
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus1-21421-18132-11
Inanition1-1-2----2---11-
Heart Failure21--31-1-59-11-1
Other Causes3---3-11-5--212
Totals318734913163889219219218