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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
Walthamstow 1920
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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INFANT MORTALITY.—SUMMARY, 1920.
Nett Deaths from stated causes at various Ages under 1 year of age.
| Cause of Death. | Under 1 Week | 1-2 Weeks. | 2-3 Weeks. | 3-4 Weeks. | Total under 4 Weeks. | 4 Weeks and under 3 Mths. | 3 Months and under 6 Mths. | 6 Months and under 9 Mths. | 9 Months and under 12 Mths. | Total Deaths under One Year. | Wards. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. James Street. | High Street. | Hoe Street. | Wood Street. | Hale End. | Higham Hill. | |||||||||||
| All Causes Certified | 63 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 105 | 38 | 28 | 12 | 15 | 198 | ||||||
| All Causes Uncertified | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||||
| Influenza | - | - | - | |||||||||||||
| Small-Pox | - | - | - | |||||||||||||
| Chicken-Pox | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | ||||||
| Measles | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||||
| Scarlet Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||||||
| Whooping Cough | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Diphtheria and Croup | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||||
| Erysipelas | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tuberculous Meningitis | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Abdominal Tuberculosis (b) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Other Tuberculous Diseases | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
| Phthisis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | - | |||||||||||||||
| Convulsions | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 1 | - | 1 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Laryngitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bronchitis | 1 | - | 5 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Pneumonia (all forms) | 1 | - | - | 1 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | |
| Diarrhoea | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Enteritis | 1 | - | 1 | - | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 2 | - | - | |
| Gastritis | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 1 | - | - | 5 | 1 | 3 | - | 1 | - | - |
| Syphilis | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 2 |
| Rickets | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Inattention at Birth, wilful neglect | 3 | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | 1 | - | - | - | |
| Suffocation, overlying | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| Injury at Birth | 4 | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | 1 | 2 | I | - | - |
| Atelectasis | 5 | 3 | - | - | 8 | - | - | - | - | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 3 |
| Congenital Malformations | 4 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | 10 | - | 2 | 2 | o | 2 | 2 |
| Premature Birth | 28 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 35 | - | - | - | - | 35 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 4 |
| Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus | 11 | - | 2 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 4 | - | - | 31 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| Other Causes | 6 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | ||
| 63 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 105 | 38 | 28 | 12 | 15 | 198 | 41 | 36 | 46 | 33 | 14 | 28 | |
| Nett Births | legitimate, 3,187. | Nett Deaths in the year of | legitimate infants, 172. | |||||||||||||
| in the year | illegitimate, 99. | illegitimate infants, 26 | ||||||||||||||