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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
Wimbledon 1928
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]
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(Deaths from stated causes at various ages under One Year of Age.)
| Causes of Death. | Under week. | 1-2 Weeks. | 2-3 Weeks. | 3-4 Weeks. | Total under 4 weeks. | 1-3 Months. | 3-6 Months. | 6-9 Months. | 9-12 Months. | Total Deaths under One Year. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Congenital Malformation | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Congenital Debility,-Prematurity, etc | 11 | 1 | 1 | - | 13 | 3 | 1 | - | - | 17 |
| Whooping Cough | - | - | - | _ | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 2 |
| Pneumonia,&c. | - | 2 | - | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 |
| Gastro Enteritis, &c. | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 2 |
| Respiratory Diseases | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 2 |
| Other Causes | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 2 |
| total | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 38 |
Poor Law Relief.—The following information has been
furnished by the Clerk of the Kingston Union respecting
Poor Law Relief in this District:—
Amount paid in Out-door telief in 1928 ... £9,956
Average weekly number of persons in receipt
of Out-door relief 509
Average weekly number of persons in receipt
of Medical Relief only ... ... ... ... 31
Number of persons admitted to the Guardians'
Institution from Wimbledon Area:—
Hospital ... ... ... ... ... 439
Central Relief Institution ... ... ... 82
General Provision of Health Services in the Area.
(a) Hospitals provided or subsidised by the Local
Authority or by the County Council:—
(1) Tuberculosis—Crooksbury Sanatorium, under the
Surrey County Council.
(2) Maternity—None.
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