London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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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 the last 10 years.

Infantile Mortality during the last 10 years.

Cause of death1947194819491950195119521953195419551956
Prematurity6855335521
Congenital defects or birth injuries105122964555
Diseases of the newborn---12-----
Gastro-enteritis--12--1---
Pneumonia211-111122
Bronchitis----------
Whooping cough----------
Meningococcal Meningitis----------
T.B. Meningitis ...----------
Pneumococcal Meningitis-1--------
Septicaemia---11----1
Encephalomyelitis----------
Pyelonephritis ...----------
Asphyxia (unknown cause) ...1---------
Accidental death13211-112-
Inattention at birth---------1
Infanticide----------
Other causes----------
20182214171012121110
Total neo-natal deaths included above131414814691187