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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 1935

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]

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Table: SUMMARY, 1935.Causes of Death of Children under 1 year of age.

SUMMARY, 1935.

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 1 year.WARDS.
St. James StreetHigh StreetHoe StreetWood StreetHale EndHigham Hill
Influenza----------------
Smallpox----------------
Chicken-pox----------------
Measles----------------
Scarlet Fever----------------
Whooping Cough---11--113-11-1-
Diphtheria and Croup----------------
Erysipelas----------------
Tuberculous Meningitis--------11---1--
Abdominal Tuberculosis----------------
Other Tuberculous Diseases----------------
Phthisis----------------
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)-------1-11-----
Convulsions1---1-1--2—1-1--
Laryngitis----------------
Bronchitis-----1---1-1----
Pneumonia (all forms)———-——1i13——11—1
Diarrhoea————-1—--1——-—1-
Enteritis————-32—-51—2——2
Gastritis----------------
Syphilis----------------
Rickets----------------
Inattention at Birth, wilful neglect----------------
Suffocation, overlaying----------------
Injury at Birth----------------
Atelectasis6———6———-61—1—13
Congenital malformations41218—11-101—2232
Premature Birth9———9-——-9211—14
Atrophv, Debilitv, Marasmus——1—1—1125—11—21
Inanition5———52———7111121
Heart Failure2—1—31——262112——
Other causes—1—12———-2—1——1—