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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 1959
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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CAUSES or DEATH OF CHILDREN UNDER 1 YEAR OK AGE 1959
| 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 | Totnl 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 | 1 | - | - | 2 | 2 | 2 | - | 1 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | 7 |
| Diarrhoea | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Syphilis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rickets | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Inattention at birth, wilful neglect | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Suffocation (overlaying) Injury at birth | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Atelectasis | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Congenital malformation | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 1 | - | 6 | - | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Premature birth | 7 | - | 1 | - | 8 | - | - | - | - | 8 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| Atrophy, debility, marasmus Inanition | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Heart failure | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Other causes | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 4 | - | - | - | 2 | - | 2 | 4 |
| Totals | 13 | 1 | 1 | - | 15 | 5 | 5 | - | 2 | 27 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 27 |