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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

Stoke Newington 1916

Report of the Medical Officer of Health and Public Analyst for the 1916

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Table: TABLE III.—INFANT MORTALITY.NETT DEATHS FROM STATED CAUSES AT VARIOUS AGES UNDER ONE YEAR OF AGE, 1916.

TABLE III.—INFANT MORTALITY.

NETT DEATHS FROM STATED CAUSES AT VARIOUS AGES UNDER ONE YEAR OF AGE, 1916.

CAUSE OF DEATH.Under 1 week.1 to 2 weeks.2 to 3 weeks.3 to 4 weeks.Total under 4 weeks.4 weeks 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 1 year.
Small Pox----------
Chicken Pox----------
Measles----------
Scarlet Fever----------
Whooping Cough----------
Diphtheria and Croup----------
Erysipelas---------—
Tuberculous Meningitis-------1-1
Abdominal Tuberculosis----------
Other Tuberculous Diseases--------11
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)-----11--2
Convulsions-----1--12
Laryngitis----------
Bronchitis1---111-25
Pneumonia (all forms)-----11114
Diarrhœa-----111-3
Enteritis------11-2
Gastritis-----1---1
Syphilis--1-1----1
Rickets----------
Suffocation, overlying----------
Injury at Birth-----1---1
Atelectasis----------
Congenital Malformation211-4----4
Premature Birth411171---8
Atrophy, Debility, and Marasmus6311113-2117
Other causes311-5111-8
Totals16652291267660