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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 1956

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]

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Table: Infantile Mortality during 1956.

Infantile Mortality during 1956.

Cause of deathUnder 1 week1-2 weeks2-3 weeks3-4 weeksTotal under 4 weeks1-3 months3-6 months6-9 months9-12 monthsTotal Deaths under 1 year
Congenital defect orbirth injury3---3I-1-5
Prematurity-1--1----1
Pneumonia11--2----2
Staphylococcal septicaemia-----1---1
Inattention at birth1--- '1---1
Totals52--72-1-10