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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 1937

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]

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Table: SUMMARY, 1937. Causes of Death of Children under 1 year of age.

SUMMARY, 1937. Causes of Death of Children under 1 year of age.

Cause of DeathUnder 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----------------
Small Pox----------------
Chicken pox----------------
Measles----------------
Scarlet Fever----------------
Whooping Cough----------------
Diphtheria and Croup--------11--1---
Erysipelas-----111-3—1-11-
Tuberculous Meningitis------112421--1-
Abdominal Tuberculosis----------------
Other Tuberculous Diseases----------------
Phthisis----------------
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)----------------
Convulsions-1--1----1-1----
Laryngitis----------------
Bronchitis-----11-131-11--
Pneumonia (all forms)2-1-3356219434134
Diarrhoea—--1133311141—231
Enteritis—----1--12-----2
Gastritis---------------
Syphilis----------------
Rickets----------------
Inattention at Birth, wilful neglect ..----------------
Suffocation, overlaying----------------
Injury at Birth----------------
Atelectasis----------------
Congenital Malformations2-1-311--5-1-211
Premature Birth121--13-—-—13213331
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus2---241-—71—222—
Inanition2---2----22-----
Heart Failure3---31-1-5--2-3-
Other Causes52--73—-l1124l-13