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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

Tottenham 1927

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham]

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Table: Ministry of Health Table IV. INFANTILE DEATHS in Ages, Sexes and Localities, during the year 1927.

Ministry of Health Table IV. INFANTILE DEATHS in Ages, Sexes and Localities, during the year 1927.

CAUSE OF DEATHUnder 1 week.1-2 weeks.2-3 weeks.3-4 weeks.Total under 4 weeks.1-3 months.3-6 months.6-9 months.9-12 months.Total Deaths under 1 year.Males.Females.Bruce Greve & Stoneleigh Ward.Chestnuts Ward.Green Lanes Ward.Park and Coleraine WardStamford Hill Ward.Town Hall Ward.West Green Ward.White Hart Lane Ward.
Small-pox............................................................
Chicken-pox............................................................
Measles............................................................
Scarlet Fever............................................................
Whooping-cough..................33...63311.........2111
Diphtheria............................................................
Erysipelas............................................................
Tuberculous Meningitis............................................................
Abdominal Tuberculosis............................................................
Other Tuberculous Diseases........................11...1.........1............
Meningitis (not Tuberculous).....................112111......1............
Convulsions...............1...113121...1............1
Laryngitis............................................................
Bronchitis...1......123...17343......111...1
Pneumonia (all forms)1...1...217962517833...53335
Diarrhœa............................................................
Enteritis...............132...651...11......2...2
Gastritis.........11...1......211............1......1
Syphilis1......12............211.........2............
Rickets............................................................
Suffocation, overlying............................................................
Injury at Birth............................................................
Atelectasis3.........3............3211............2......
Congenital Malformations812...11513...2015532112425
Premature birth32532422...1...452421612344529
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus311167.........136721...232...3
Other Causes8...2111221319136431...2432
Totals5689679212021131549262252371716251130