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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
Enfield 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield]
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TABLE II.
Net Deaths from stated causes at various Ages under One Year of Age.
| Causes 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 One Year. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Causes-Certified | 17 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 33 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 52 |
| Uncertified | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Smallpox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Chickenpox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Measles | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Scarlet Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Whooping Cough | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 2 |
| Diphtheria and Croup | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Erysipelas | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tuberculous Meningitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Abdominal Tuberculosis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Other Tuberculous Diseases | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Convulsions | - | - | . - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| Laryngitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bronchitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pneumonia (all forms) | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| Diarrhoea | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Enteritis | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 6 |
| Epidemic Diarrhoea | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gastritis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Syplilis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rickets | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Suffocation, overlying | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Injury at Birth | 1 | - | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Atelectasis | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Congenital Malformation | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | 3 |
| Premature Birth | 10 | 1 | - | 1 | 12 | - | - | - | - | 12 |
| Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus | - | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 10 |
| Other Causes | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 |
| Totals | 17 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 33 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 52 |
Net Births in the year Legitimate: Live births, 997; Stillbirths,
24. Illegitimate: Live births, 35; Still-births, 1.
Net Deaths in the year Legitimate Infants, 47; Illegitimate,5..
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