London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1952
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Heston and Isleworth]
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| 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 | ||
| Birth asphyxia | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | —— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| Pneumonia | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| Haemorrhagic disease | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Birth injuries | 1 | 1 | — | — | —— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| Atelectasis | 3 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8 |
| Congenital malformations | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 |
| Prematurity | 1 | — | — | — | — | —— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Gastroenteritis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | |
| Septicaemia | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| TOTAL | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 2 | - | — | 3 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 23 |