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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
Heston and Isleworth 1951
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Heston and Isleworth]
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TABLE III
INFANTS DEATHS ACCORDING TO AGE AND CAUSE, 1951
| Cause of Death | Age | Total | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Days | Months | |||||||||||||||||||||
| under 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7-13 | 14-20 | 21-28 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | ||
| Pneumonia | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Bronchitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Hypothyroidism | - | - | - | - | — | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Birth injuries | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Atelectasis | 2 | 3 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 |
| Congenital malformations | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 |
| Prematurity | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 |
| Middle ear infection | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Meningococcal infection | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| TOTAL | 4 | 5 | - | 2 | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | - | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 22 |