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, 1932.
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 and under 12 months. | Total Deaths under 1 year. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Influenza | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
Chicken-pox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Measles | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 9 |
Scarlet Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Whooping Cough | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Diphtheria and Croup | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Erysipelas | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Tuberculous Meningitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Other Tuberculous Disease | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Meningitis(notTuberculous | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Convulsions | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Laryngitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Bronchitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Pneumonia (all forms) | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
Diarrhoea | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Enteritis | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | - | - | 8 |
Gastritis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Syphilis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Rickets | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Suffocation overlying | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Injury at Birth | 3 | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | 3 |
Atelectasis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Congenital Malformation | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 2 |
Premature Birth | 10 | 2 | - | - | 12 | - | 1 | - | - | 13 |
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | 3 |
Other Causes | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 3 |
Totals: | 14 | 3 | - | 1 | 18 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 41 |