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 Merton and Morden]
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TABLE IV.—Infant Mortality during the year ending 1923. Nett Deaths from stated causes at various Ages under One Year of Age.
CAUSES OF DEATH. | Under 1 Week. | 1-2 Weeks. | 2-3 Weeks. | 3-4 Weeks. | Total under 4 Weeks. | 4 week 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. |
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Smal!-pox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Chicken-pox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Measles | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Scarlet Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Whooping-cough | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
Diphtheria and Croup | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Erysipelas | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Tuberculous Meningitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Abdominal Tuberculosi | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Other Tuberculous Diseases | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Convulsions | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Laryngitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Bronchitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Pneumonia (all forms) | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 2 |
Diarrhoea | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
Enteritis | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
Gastritis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Syphilis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Rickets | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Suffocation, overlying | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Injury at Birth | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Atelectasis | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Congenital Malformations | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Premature Birth | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Other causes | 1 | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | |
TOTALS | 3 | 1 | - | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
Nett Births in the year :—Males, 177 ; Females, 164 ; Legitimate, 334 ; Illegitimate, 7,
Nett Deaths in the year of Legitimate Infants, 9.