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Fulham 1931
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Fulham]
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It will be seen from Table III on pages 25 that
the principal causes of infantile mortality were as
follows:—
Pneumonia (all forms) 31
deaths as compared with 21 in 1930.
Prematurity 27
„ „ „ „ 27„
Diarrhoea and Enteritis 15
„ „ „ „ 28 „
Congenital
malformations 12
„ „ „ „ 8 „
Atrophy, debility and
Marasmus 10
„ „ „ „ 4 „
Fifty-six deaths of infants under four weeks of
age occurred in 1931 as compared with 49 during
1930 and 52 in 1929.
The following table shows the number of infantile
deaths from all causes as compared with infantile
deaths from diarrhoea since 1923:—
Infantile deaths
from all causes.
Infantile deaths
from Diarrhoea.
1923
199
21
1924
214
18
1925
211
36
1926
173
28
1927
162
16
1928
185
50
1929
173
33
1930
136
28
1931
154
15