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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

Surbiton 1936

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Surbiton]

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Table: INFANT MORTALITY.The causes and ages at death of the children who died under the age of 1 year were as follows: —

INFANT MORTALITY.

The causes and ages at death of the children who died under the age of 1 year were as follows: —

Marasmus—Gastro Enteritis—Bronchitis8 months
Prematurity1 month
Inanition—Premature Birth17 hours
Prematurity2 days
Asphyxia and inattention at birthNewly Born
Atelectasis Pulmonum30 minutes
Infantile Diarrhœa2 months
Broncho Pneumonia2 weeks
Infantile Diarrhœa3 months
Prematurity1 hour
Ac. Generalised Tuberculosis8 months
Asphyxia — Laryngismus Stridulus — Prematurity2 days
Asphyxia after the full establishment of respiration produced by pressure on the mouth and nose and compression of the larynx, murder at the hands of some person or persons unknown2 days
Inanition due to PrematurityNewly Born
Prematurity3 days
Prematurity1 hour
Meningo-coccal meningitis — Acute Hydrocephalus3 months
Gastro-Enteritis5 months
Acute Gastro-Enteritis—Fatty Degeneration of Liver5 months
Broncho Pneumonia6 months
Cerebral Haemorrhage—pressure at birth1 day
Pneumonia — Congenital Heart Disease2 months
Shock—Prolonged labour of mother due to contraction of the uterus6 hours
Bronchitis5 months
Weak Heart Action — General Debility5 days
Prematurity5 days
Broncho-Pneumonia — Whooping Cough Exomphalos3 months
Gastro-Enteritis—Operation—Congenital Hypertrophic Pyloric Stenosis2 months