Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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CAUSES OF DEATH OF CHILDREN UNDER 1 YEAR OF AGE—1952
Under 1 week | 1-2 weeks | 2-3 weeks | 3-4 weeks | Total deaths under 4 weeks | 4 weeks and under 3 months | 3 months and under 6 months | 6 months and under 9 months | 9 months and under 12 months | Total deaths under 1 year | St. James Street | High Street | Hoe Street | Wood Street | Hale End | Higham Hill | Total | |
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Influenza | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
Measles | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Whooping Cough | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | - | -- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Phthisis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Other forms of T.B. | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
T.B. Meningitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Meningitis (Non-T.B. | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
Convulsions | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Bronchitis | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
Pneumonia | 3 | - | - | - | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 7 | - | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | - | 7 |
Diarrhoea | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
Syphilis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Rickets | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Inattention at birth, wilful neglect | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Suffocation (Overlaying) | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 2 |
Injury at Birth | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Atelectasis | 3 | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Congenital Malformation | 2 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 2 | - | 2 | 8 | - | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | I | 8 |
Premature Birth . . | 12 | - | - | - | 12 | - | - | - | - | 12 | 7. | 1 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 12 |
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Inanition | - | - | - | - | - | - | -- | - | - | - | - | - | - | -- | - | - | - |
Heart Failure | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Other Causes | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Totals | 22 | 1 | - | - | 23 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 37 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 37 |