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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
Fulham 1929
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Fulham]
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16.
During the year 1929, one hundred and seventy
three infants under one year of age died from the following
causes:—
Pneumonia 41
Prematurity 34
Diarrhoea 33
Whooping Cough 10
Bronchitis 9
Congenital Malformations 8
Atelectasis 7
Atrophy 5
Convulsions 4
Non-Tuburcular Meningitis 4
Injury at birth 2
Erysipelas 2
Measles 1
Diphtheria 1
Syphilis 1
Other causes 11
During the year 1928, one hundred and eighty-five
infants under a year died. The infantile mortality
during 1929 was 69 per thousand births compared with
77 per thousand during the previous year.
The following table shows the number of infantile deaths with all causes as veil as deaths from diarrhoea in infants since 1920:—
| Infantile death3 from all causes in the Borough. | Deaths from Diarrhoea. | |
|---|---|---|
| 1923 | 199 | 21 |
| 1924 | 214 | 18 |
| 1923 | 211 | 36 |
| 1926 | 173 | 28 |
| 1927 | 162 | 16 |
| 1928 | 185 | 50 |
| 1929 | 173 | 33 |