[Report 1945] / Sanitary Committee [- Medical Officer of Health], Cornwall County Council.

  • Cornwall (England). County Council.
Date:
1945
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Credit: [Report 1945] / Sanitary Committee [- Medical Officer of Health], Cornwall County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    the causes of death of every infant under the age of one year from the years 1938—45 inclusive:— CAUSES OF DEATH OF INFANTS UNDER ONE YEAR OF AGE. 0 4:^ Ul M VO 4^ VO 4i. u> HH VO 4»^ to VO 4i. M VO 4^ 0 VO Oj vO M vO Oj 00 M 1 to to 4^ On M 1 Geiebro spinal lever « 1 VI Oj On Oj Ov VO Whooping cough 1 1 Ht 1 1 1 - 1 Pulni. T. 13. to - OJ Oj Oj to 1 4^ Other T. B. K) 1 4^ to OJ to M 1 Syphilitic diseases 1 Ki 00 Oj M OJ M 1 Influenza 1 to 4i. 1 4^ 1 1 1 Measles 1 M 1 1 to 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 M 1 M 1 1 1 Polio, myel and enceph. t other than hue. cav. Cancer ] sesophagus, uterus, stomach ( duodenum, breast Intra cranial vascular lesions 1 1 1 M 1 1 1 i Dis. of circ. system (exc. heart dis:) VO 00 4i^ VO M M VO 00 to Bronchitis UJ Lo U) Ut to Ov 4^ 0 to VO to to Oj to to Ov Pneumonia 1 to 1 M 1 1 Oj 1 Other Eesp. dis. M Oj M 4^ M M VO M 0 M 0 M 4*. On Diarrhoea 1 1 I 1 M i 1 1 Appendicitis to to 1 On Oj Oj On Other digestive dis: M U) 1 1 to 1 M 1 Nephritis Ln »-4 0 Ln 00 On On On f Premature birth Ov h) VO vO Vi to 00 00 CO 0 Cj VI tJ vO / i Cong. mal. birth inj: infant dis. 4^ to ' 00 On On VI •V Violence (exc. Road traffic acc.) M M 00 M c M 0 vt On 00 All other causes w CX to Oj to M 00 0 to Oj C to Ov 00 to 0 0 to Oj to 0 On Total It will be seen that the three principal causes of death of infants are:- 1. Congenital malformations, birth injuries, and infantile diseases peculiar to the first year of life. 2. Prematurity. 3. Pneumonia.