[Report 1938] / Medical Officer of Health, Cambridge Borough.
- Cambridge (England). Borough Council.
- Date:
- 1938
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1938] / Medical Officer of Health, Cambridge Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Table IV. Infant Mortality, 1938. Nett Deaths from stated causes at various Ages under i year. See Note (a). Causes of Death. Under i week. 1-2 weeks. 2-3 weeks. 3-4 weeks. Total under I month. 1-3 months. C/l xi d 0 a VO 1 fO 6-9 months. 9-12 months. Total Deaths under I year. All causes j Certified 1 Uncertified CO H H 3 • • • H H 4 2 4 26 I /Small-pox ... Chicken-pox Measles Scarlet Fever Whooping Cough ... \Diphtheria and Croup ... Erysipelas ... Tuberculous Meningitis ... Abdominal Tuberculosis (d) Other Tuberculous Diseases Meningitis (no^ Tuberculous) Convulsions Laryngitis ... Bronchitis ... Pneumonia (all forms) ... [ Diarrhoea ... ] Enteritis 1 Gastritis :.. Syphilis Rickets Suffocation, overlying Injury at Birth ... Atelectasis ... (Congenital Malformations (c) J Premature Birth ... 1 Atrophy, Debility and 1 Marasmus • * • • • « • • • 1 • • • • • • • • • « • • • • • • • • 2 I 3 6 • • • • • * • • « • • • • • « • • • • • • • ♦ * • • • • • • I * • • 1 « • • 2 I 4 6 I I • • • • • • • • • I 2 I I I 1 5 2 I 5 6 • • • 6 Other causes I 2 3 3 I 2 Totals 14 • • • • • • 17 4 2 4 • • • 27 Nett Births ( legitimate ... 839 Nett Deaths in ( legitimate infants 25 in the year ( illegitimate ... 38 the year of | illegitimate infants 2 (a) The total in the last column of Table IV. is equal to the total in column 10 of Table I., and in column 3 of Table III. (t) Under Abdominal Tuberculosis are included deaths from Tuberculous Peri- tonitis and Enteritis, and from Tabes Mesenterica. {c) The total deaths from Congenital Malformations. Premature Birth, Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus, equal the total in Table III, under the heading Congenital Debility and Malformation including Premature Birth. Want of Breast Milk is also included under Atrophy and Debility. (i) For references to meaning of any other headings, see notes attached to Table III.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29355801_0024.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
