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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 1914

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham District]

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Table: L.G.B. T abl.e IV. Table of Infant Mortality during the year 1914.

L.G.B. T abl.e IV. Table of Infant Mortality during the year 1914.

CAUSE OF DEATH.Under 1 week1-2 weeks2-3 weeks3-4 weeksTotal under 4 weeks1-3 months3-6 months6-9 months9-12 monthsTotal Deaths under 1 year
Small-pox..............................
Chicken-pox..............................
Measles..................1113
Scarlet Fever..............................
Whooping-cough...............444416
Diphtheria and Croup..................1...12
Erysipelas..............................
Tuberculous Meningitis...............2.........2
Abdominal Tuberculosis(b)...............1...1...2
Other Tuberculous Diseases...............21......3
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)...............21216
Convulsions531...9124...16
Laryngitis..............................
Bronchitis...1...23572522
Pneumonia (all forms)......257118131049
Diarrhœa...13...4364219
Enteritis......1...111104329
Gastritis..................21...3
Syphilis.........113.........4
Rickets..............................
Suffocation, overlying......112...1...14
Injury at Birth1.........1............1
Atelectasis4......15............5
Congenital Malforinations(c)6.........63...1...10
Premature birth655928141......86
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus1726429342...38
Other Causes...22377310229
Cerebro Spinal Meningitis..............................
9814251915660544930349

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Nett Births in the year
legitimate 3,821.
illegitimate 75.
Nett Deaths in the year of
legitimate infants 333.
illegitimate infants 16.