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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 1957

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]

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Table: CAUSES OF DEATH OF CHILDREN UNDER 1 YEAR OF AGE—1957

CAUSES OF DEATH OF CHILDREN UNDER 1 YEAR OF AGE—1957

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.
Influenza-----------------
Measles-----------------
Whooping Cough-----------------
Diphtheria-----------------
Phthisis-----------------
Other forms of T.B.-----------------
T.B. Meningitis-----------------
Meningitis (Non-T.B.)-----------------
Convulsions-----------------
Bronchitis——--——1——1———1——1
Pneumonia-—1-13———411——2—4
Diarrhoea-----------------
Syphilis-----------------
Rickets-----------------
Inattention at birth, wilful neglect-----------------
Suffocation (overlaying)-----------------
Injury at birth-----------------
Atelectasis1---1----1-----11
Congenital malformation2-—2-441——92211129
Premature birth141--151———16121—6616
Atrophy, debility, marasmus-----------------
Inanition-----------------
Heart failure-----------------
Other causes---------1-1----1
Totals1713—2183——3246229932