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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

Hounslow 1966

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hounslow]

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Table: Table 2 Infant deaths according to age and cause 1966

Table 2 Infant deaths according to age and cause 1966

Cause of deathAge in Days under
1123456
Meningococcal infections———----
Pneumonia-——1———
Complications of pregnancy, childbirth and puerperium2------
Congenital malformations5211---
Birth injuries, post-natal asphyxia and atelectasis1313----
Infections of the newborn——1——--
Other diseases peculiar to early infancy and immaturity unqualified812-1-1
All other diseases—--———-
Total284721-1

Table: Table 3 Corrected notifications of infectious diseases 1966

Table 3 Corrected notifications of infectious diseases 1966

DiseaseTotalAge in years Under
1123
Smallpox————-
Typhoid fever-----
Paratyphoid1----
Scarlet fever120-31212
Diphtheria-----
Erysipelas4----
Puerperal Pyrexia53----
Ophthalmia neonatorum-----
Acute encephalitis5----
Acute poliomyelitis-----
Meningococcal infection32---
Pneumonia182-1—
Malaria2—--—
Dysentery7963716
Measles8934699151139
Whooping cough377644
Food poisoning1----
Tuberculosis pulmonary64----
non pulmonary19----