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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
Southall-Norwood 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southall-Norwood]
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Table No. 5.
| Total Confinements—759. | |||
| No. born in Hillingdon County Hospital | 56 or | 7.3% | |
| No. born in London voluntary hospitals | 102 | or | 13.44% |
| No. born in nursing homes or other hospitals | 133 | or | 17.53% |
| No. confined in their homes by midwives or doctors | 468 | or | 61.66% |
Table No. 6.
| Certified 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. | 0-9 months. | 9-12 months. ; | Total deaths under 1 year. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prematurity, Cong3n- | ||||||||||
| ital Malformation, &c. | 10 | 1 | 2 | - | 13 | 4 | - | - | - | 17 |
| Diarrhoea | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 3 | |||||
| Convulsions | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 2 |
| Congenital Heart Di | ||||||||||
| sease | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Pneumonia | - | - | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | - | 7 | |
| Bronchitis | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 3 |
| Accidental Suffocation | - | 1 | ||||||||
| Acute Hepatitis | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| 10 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 3 | - | 35 |
Births.
Infant Deaths.
| Legitimate | 732 | Legitimate | 32 |
| Illegitimate | 27 | Illegitimate | 3 |
| 17 |