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Hounslow 1965

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hounslow]

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Table: Table 2 Infant deaths according to age and cause 1965

Table 2 Infant deaths according to age and cause 1965

Cause of deathAge in Days under 1123456Age in Days 7-1314-2021-28Months34567891011Total
12
Birth injury3---1----------------4
Pneumonia1--------1-3--1------6
Hyaline membrane syndrome—1-------------------1
Atelectasis and birth asphyxia741------------------12
Congenital malformation4—3-----211——1——1——1-14
Prematurity711----1-------------10
Cerebral tumour-------1-------------1
Bronchiolitis----------1-1-------13
Umbilical cord sepsis--------1------------1
Fibrocystic disease---------1-----------1
Rhesus incompatibility2--------------------2
Total2465—1——23323111—1——1155

Table: Table 3 Corrected notifications of infectious diseases 1965

Table 3 Corrected notifications of infectious diseases 1965

DiseaseAge in years123Age in years10-1415-1920-3435-4445-6465 and overAge unknownCases admitted to hospital
TotalUnder 1
45-9
Smallpox—————----------
Typhoid fever—————----------
Paratyphoid1————-1-------1
Scarlet fever10613691760712----7
Diphtheria—————----------
Erysipelas16————-----112214
Puerperal pyrexia101————---117414--2100
Ophthalmia neonatorum11———---------1
Acute encephalitis1————----1----1
Acute poliomyelitis—————----------
Meningococcal infection21———1--------2
Pneumonia171———-42-5-3114
Malaria1————----1----1
Dysentery9—3—2----111-15
Measles1653821652272332816132012911—931
Whooping cough3235541112-1--——6
Food poisoning24——1—44219-3---
Tuberculosis pulmonary701-1---272072210-12
non pulmonary11————-1-252-1-5
Anthrax———————-—-—————

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