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—1954
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 St. | High Street. | Hoe Street. | Wood Street. | Hale End. | Higham Hill. | Total. | |
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Influenza | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 |
Measles | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Whooping Cough | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Diphtheria | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Phthisis | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Other forms of T.B. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
T.B Meningitis | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Meningitis (Non-T.B.) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Convulsions | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Bronchitis | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Pneumonia | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | 2 | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | 2 |
Diarrhoea, | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 |
Syphilis | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Rickets | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Inattention at birth, wilful neglect | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Suffocation (overlaying) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Injury at birth | 2 | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | 2 |
Atelectasis | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 |
Congenital malformation | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 1 | – | 1 | 4 | – | – | 1 | – | 3 | – | 4 |
Premature birth | 15 | 1 | – | – | 16 | – | – | – | – | 16 | 4 | – | 4 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 16 |
Atrophy, debility, marasmus | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Inanition | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 |
Heart failure | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Other causes | 3 | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | 2 | – | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | – | – | 5 |
Totals | 23 | 1 | 1 | – | 25 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 33 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 33 |