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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 1939
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham]
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Infantile Deaths in Ages and Sexes during the year 1939.
| Cause of Death. | Under 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 yr | Males. | Females. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whooping Cough. | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | — | _ | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Mening it is . | - | - | : - | - | - | 1- | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| Bronchitis . | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | - | 2 |
| Pneumonia. | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 7 |
| Diarrhoea & enteritis. | • - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | . - | - | 3 | 3 | - |
| Atelectasis. | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - |
| Premature Births, congenital malformation, etc. | 22 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 2 | 2 | - | -. | 30 | 18 | 12 |
| Other causes. 1! | ' 9 ^ | ; 1 | - | - | 10 | 1 | - | - | 2 | 13 | 7 | 6 |
| 33 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 40 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 66 | 37 | 29 |