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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
Hackney 1952
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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CAUSES OF DEATH IN CHILDREN UNDER ONE YEAR
| Cause of death | Under 14 hours | 1 day to 1 week | 1 - 2 weeks | 2 - 3 weeks | 3 - 4 weeks | Total under 4 weeks | 1 - 3 months | 3 - 6 months | 6 - 9 mon ths | 9 - 12 months | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acute intestinal obstruction due to intussusception | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Acute pneumococcal pericarditis | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | |
| Asphyxia Neonatorum | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Atelactasis | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | 4 |
| Bronchitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | 3 |
| Cerebral Haemorrhage | 3 | 2 | - | - | - | 5 | - | - | - | - | 5 |
| Congenital Malformation | - | 2 | - | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 8 |
| Gastro Enteritis | . - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 2 |
| Neonatal Anoxia and Acute Suppurative Broncho Pneumonia | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Phrenic Nerve Palsy, collapse of lung followed by respiratory failure | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| Pneumonia | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 3 | - | 1 | 6 |
| Prematurity | 10 | 6 | - | - | - | 16 | - | - | - | - | 16 |
| Toxaemia and Encephalitis | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Totals | 17 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 34 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 50 |