[Report 1927] / School Medical Officer of Health, Exeter.

  • Exeter (England). City Council.
Date:
1927
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Credit: [Report 1927] / School Medical Officer of Health, Exeter. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    DEATHS UNDER ONE YEAR. Cause. Under 1 month 1 to 3 months. 3 to 6 months. 6 to 9 months. 9 to 12 months. Total. Measles • • « • • • « • • • • « 1 1 Whooping Cough • • « 1 • • • • • 1 Bronchitis • • • ... 2 « • « 2 Pneumonia 1 1 2 1 4 9 Diarrhcea, etc. * • • 4 1 • * • 1 6 Congenital Debility and Malformation, Pre- mature Birth 23 4 1 • • • • • t 28 Infantile Convulsions 1 ... 3 1 5 Accidental Death 2 • • • • • • • . 2 Other Defined Diseases 1 1 • » « ... 2 Ill-defined Causes ... ... 1 ,.. 1 Total 28 10 8 4 7 57 p]xcluding those who died during the first month, the deaths of whom were almost entirely due to prematurity, if evidence were needed to emphasize the value of natural feeding over artificial feeding, it is furnished by an analysis of these deaths. Only three of the 29 deaths occurred amongst babies who were breast feci, and it is notewortliv that of fhe total of 57 deaths, only three occurred in infants who regularly attended the Infant Welfare Centres,