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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
Hornsey 1953
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]
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INFANT DEATHS causes by age groups and sexes
| Under 1 Day | 1—6 Days | 1 Week | 2 Weeks | 3 Weeks | Total Under 1 Month | 1—2 Months | 3—5 Months | 6—8 Months | 9—11 Months | Total Under 1 Year | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bronchitis | M | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | 2 |
| F | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | ||
| Pneumonia | M | . | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | 2 | . | 5 | 9 |
| F | . | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | 2 | . | 4 | ||
| Congenital malformations | M | . | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | 2 | 2 |
| F | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
| Injury at birth | M | . | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 | 2 |
| F | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 | ||
| Hernia, Intestinal obstruction | M | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
| F | . | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 | ||
| Diarrhoea | M | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
| F | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | ||
| Premature birth | M | 2 | 2 | . | . | . | 4 | . | . | . | . | 4 | 5 |
| F | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 | ||
| Congenital debility | M | . | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 |
| F | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
| Other diseases of early infancy | M | 2 | 2 | . | . | . | 4 | . | . | . | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| F | 2 | 1 | . | . | . | 3 | . | . | . | . | 3 | ||
| TOTALS | M | 4 | 7 | 1 | . | . | 12 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 31 |
| F | 4 | 3 | . | . | . | 7 | * | 1 | 3 | 1 | 12 | ||
| 8 | 10 | 1 | . | . | 19 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 31 | |||