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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
Southgate 1950
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southgate]
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TABLE III.
Infantile Mortality
1950. Nett Deaths from stated causes at various periods under 1 Year of Age.
| Causes of Death. | Under 1 Week. | 1—2 Weeks. | 2—3 Weeks. | 3—4 Weeks. | Total under 1 Month. | 1—3 Months. | 3—6 Months. | 6—9 Months. | 9—12 Months. | Total Deaths under 1 Year. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Smallpox | ||||||||||
| 2 Chickenpox | ||||||||||
| 3 Measles | ||||||||||
| 4 Scarlet Fever | ||||||||||
| 5 Whooping Cough | ||||||||||
| 6 Diphtheria and Croup | ||||||||||
| 7 Erysipelas | ||||||||||
| 8 Tuberculous Meningitis | ||||||||||
| 9 Abdominal Tuberculosis | ||||||||||
| 10 Other Tuberculous Diseases | ||||||||||
| 11 Meningitis (Not Tuber-culoid) | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| 12 Convulsions | ||||||||||
| 13 Laryngitis | ||||||||||
| 14 Bronchitis | — | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | 2 |
| 15 Pneumonia | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | 3 |
| 16 Diarrhoea | ||||||||||
| 17 Enteritis | ||||||||||
| 18 Gastritis | ||||||||||
| 19 Syphilis | ||||||||||
| 20 Rickets | ||||||||||
| 21 Suffocation | ||||||||||
| 22 Want of Attention and Injury at Birth | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| 23 Atelectasis | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | - | — | - | - | 2 |
| 24 Congenital Malformations | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| 25 Premature Birth | 5 | - | - | - | 5 | - | - | - | - | 5 |
| 26 Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus | ||||||||||
| 27 Other Causes | 3 | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 5 |
| Totals | 14 | — | — | — | 14 | 2 | 4 | — | — | 20 |