Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stoke Newington, The Metropolitan Borough]
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TABLE 11.—INFANT MORTALITY, 1931.
Net deaths from stated causes at various ages under one year of age.
CAUSE OF DEATH. | Under 1 week. | 1 to 2 weeks. | 2 to 3 weeks. | 3 to 4 weeks. | Total under 4 weeks. | 4 weeks and under 3 months. | 3 months and under 6 months. | 6 months and under 9 months. | 9 months ard under 12 months. | Total Deaths under 1 year. |
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Influenza | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Chicken-pox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Measles | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Scarlet Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Whooping Cough | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Diphtheria and Croup | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Erysipelas | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Tuberculous Meningitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Other Tuberculous Diseases | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
Convulsions | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Laryngitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Bronchitis | — | — | _ | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 2 |
Pneumonia (all forms) | — | 2 | 1 | — | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
Diarrhoea | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 3 | 2 | 6 | |
Enteritis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Gastritis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Syphilis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Rickets | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Suffocation overlying | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Injurv at Birth | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
Atelectasis | 4 | — | — | — | 4 | — | — | — | _ | 4 |
Congenital Malformation | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 2 |
Premature Birth | 8 | 2 | 1 | — | 11 | 1 | — | — | — | 12 |
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 1 | 1 | — | 5 |
Other Causes | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 |
Totals : | 13 | 4 | 3 | — | 20 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 42 |