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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
West Ham 1930
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]
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Table shewing Cause of Death under 4 Weeks of age and Age at Death.
| Certified Cause. | 1 week 1-2 weeks. 2-3 weeks.3-4 weeks. Total. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prematurity | 42 | 8 | 5 | — | 55 | |
| Marasmus and prematurity | 4 | — | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
| Asthenia and congenital debility | 5 | 1 | __ | 1 | 7 | |
| Congenital Syphilis | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | |
| Maldevelopment | Spinabifida | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 | |
| Anencephaly | ||||||
| Hydrocephalus | ||||||
| Congenital atresia of colon | 2 | — | — | — | 2 | |
| Congenital heart disease | 3 | — | — | — | 3 | |
| Cerebral haemorrhage (difficult delivery) | 3 | _ | — | — | 3 | |
| Fractured skull (difficulty delivery) | 2 | — | — | — | 2 | |
| Asphyxia neonatorum : | ||||||
| Atelectasis | 13 | — | 1 | — | 14 | |
| Icterus neonatorum | 2 | 1 | — | — | 3 | |
| Melacna neonatorum | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | |
| Gastro-enteritis | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | |
| Convulsions | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | 4 | |
| Bronchitis | 1 | — | — | 1 | 2 | |
| Broncho pneumonia | — | 4 | 1 | — | 5 | |
| Accidental suffocation | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 118 | ||||||
Deaths 1—5 Years.
Of the 185 deaths in the age period 1—0 years, no less than 60
were due to measles, and 41 to pneumonia, again emphasising the
importance in these diseases of skilled nursing and attention in
surroundings such as can only be found for many children in a
suitable hospital ward.
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