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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

Beddington and Wallington 1937

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Beddington and Wallington]

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Table: The following table gives the age and cause of death of each infant who died: —

The following table gives the age and cause of death of each infant who died: —

No. Age.Cause of Death.
1. Newly BornAsphyxia, probably caused by a woollen shawl in which child was wrapped.
1. 2 hoursInanition. Premature birth.
1. 2 hoursCongenital debility. Delivered by cæsarean section.
2 hoursPrematurity.
12 hours
5. 1 day
1 day
1 week
1. 1 dayConvulsions. Cerebral compression, pressure on the head during parturition.
1. 1 dayCardiac failure. Primary respiratory failure. Immaturity of development.
1. 1 dayCyanosis. Imperfect delivery. Premature birth.
1. 1 dayInanition. Premature birth. Albuminuria of pregnancy in mother.
2. 2 daysPrematurity. Multiple birth (twins).
1. 3 daysErythro-blastic anaemia.
1. 6 daysPartial atelectasis. Pyloric stenosis. Peritonitis following laparotomy.
1. 1 weekAtelectasis. Premature birth and ante-natal uterine haemorrhage.
1. 1 weekHeart failure. Sclerona neonatorum.
1. 8 weeksAsphyxia. Suffocation by bedclothes while sleeping with mother.
1. 3½ monthsCardiac failure. Asphyxia due to being suffocated by clothes covering the cot.
1. 4 monthsMarasmus. Pink disease. Secondary colitis.
1. 4 monthsBronchial pneumonia. Gastro enteritis, following operation for hare lip.
1. 9 monthsPrimary thrombosis of superior longitudinal sinus.

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Fifteen, or 65.2 per cent., of the deaths occurred in the first week
of life; 18, or 78.3 per cent., occurred in the first month; and 5, or 21.7
per cent., from the second to the twelfth month.
The infantile mortality in the different Wards is given below: —
Beddington: —
North 11
Central 1
South 2
Wallington: —
North 1
Central 5
South 3
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