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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 1937

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]

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Table: The following table gives the Infantile Death Rate in Wimbledon for the past eleven years together with the comparative figures for England and Wales:—

The following table gives the Infantile Death Rate in Wimbledon for the past eleven years together with the comparative figures for England and Wales:—

19271928192919301931193219331934193519361937
Wimbledon :
No. of Infantile Deaths3738353845453032333240
Infantile Death Bate Iper thousand births)5055464970674954555065
Infantile Death Kate for England and Wales6965746066656459575958

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Of the forty children under one year who died, the cause
of death in fifteen cases was prematurity and debility. Four
died as the result of congenital defects. Three deaths were due
to whooping cough, one to pneumonia, and five to bronchopneumonia.
Infantile diarrhoea was responsible for three
deaths.
The Infantile Death Rate for illegitimate children in
Wimbledon was forty per thousand illegitimate live births.
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