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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
Sutton 1919
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Sutton]
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INFANT MORTALITY.
| Causes of Death. | Under 1 week. | 1-2 weeks. | 2-3 weeks. | 3-4 weeks. | Total under 4 weeks. | 4 weeks & under 3 months. | 3 months & under 6 months. | 6 months & under 9 months. | 9 months & under 12 months. | Total Deaths under 1 year. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bronchitis | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| Pneumonia (all forms) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||
| Suffocation, overlying | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Injury at birth | |||||||||||||
| Atelectasis | |||||||||||||
| Congenital Malformations (c) | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Premature birth | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| Other Causes | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 13 | ||||
| M. | F. | Total | |||||||||||
| Nett Births registered during the calendar year | legitimate | 157 | 142 | 299 | Nett Deaths registered during the calendar year of | legitimate infants | 12 | ||||||
| illegitimate | 13 | 12 | 25 | legitimate infants | 1 | ||||||||
| Totals | 170 | 154 | 324 | ||||||||||