Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Heston and Isleworth]
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TABLE III
INFANTS' DEATHS ACCORDING TO AGE AND CAUSE, 1954
Cause of Death | Age | Total | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Days | Months | |||||||||||||||||||||
nder 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 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 4 |
Bronchitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Intussusception | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Birth injuries | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
Atelectasis & birth asphyxia | 4 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 |
Congenital malformations | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 6 |
Prematurity | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 |
Umbilical Sepsis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | |
Gastro-Enteritis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | — | 1 |
Hemorrhagic Disease | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
TOTAL | 13 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 3 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 31 |