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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 1949
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]
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Infantile Mortality during the Year,
| Cause of Death | Under 1 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 1 year | WARD | Nth. Wimbledon | Sth. Wimbledon | * Unknown | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Mary's | St. John's | Cott. Park | W'don Park | Dundonald | Trinity | Sth. Park | Haydon Pk. | |||||||||||||||
| Congenital defect or birth injury | 8 | – | – | – | 8 | 3 | – | 1 | – | 12 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | 4 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 12 | |
| Prematurity | 5 | – | – | – | 5 | – | – | – | – | 5 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 4 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 5 |
| Infective Gastro-Enteritis | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | |
| Pneumonia | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 |
| Whooping Cough | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 |
| Accidental death | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | 2 | – | 2 |
| Total | 13 | _ | _ | 1 | 14 | 5 | – | 2 | 1 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 22 |
* Child found on Wimbledon Common.