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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Cause of Death | Age | Total | ||||||||||||||||||||
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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 Injury | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Pneumonia | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 5 |
Hyaline Membrane Syndrome | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 |
Atelectasis and birth asphyxia .. | 4 | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 |
Congenital malformations | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 9 |
Prematurity | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 |
Intrapulmonary haemorrhage | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Acute pneumonitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Cystic disease of pancreas | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Total | 10 | 6 | 2 | 4 | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 36 |