Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wanstead and Woodford]
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INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1937. Net Deaths from stated
Causes at various Ages under One Year.
Causes of Death (All Causes, Certified.) | Under 1 Week | 1 to 2 Weeks | 2 to 3 Weeks | 3 to 4 Weeks | Total under 4 Weeks | 4 Weeks and under 3 Months | 3 to 6 Months | 6 to 9 Months | 9 to 12 Months | Total Deaths under 1 year |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Prematurity | 3 | 2 | ... | ... | 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 5 |
Pneumonia | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | 5 |
Enteritis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 2 | 1 | ... | 5 |
Congenital Malformations | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 4 |
Injury at birth | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 |
Other Diseases Peculiar to early Infancy | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 |
Marasmus | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
Erysipelas | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
Other Specified Causes | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | 3 |
Total | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 2 | ... | 29 |