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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 1918

Report of the Medical Officer of Health and Public Analyst for the year 1918

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Table: TABLE II.—INFANT MORTALITY.NETT DEATHS FROM STATED CAUSES AT VARIOUS AGES UNDERONE YEAR OF AGE, 1918.

TABLE II.—INFANT MORTALITY.

NETT DEATHS FROM STATED CAUSES AT VARIOUS AGES UNDERONE YEAR OF AGE, 1918.

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.
Influenza——————11—2
Cerebro - spinal Meningitis————————11
Chicken Pox——————————
Measles————————22
Scarlet Fever—————————
Whooping Cough——————1—12
Diphtheria and Croup——————————
Erysipelas——————————
Tuberculous Meningitis——————————
Abdominal Tuberculosis——————————
Other Tuberculous Diseases——————————
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)—1_1_2
Convulsions—1-1—2
Laryngitis—
Bronchitis—21-—3
Pneumonia (all forms)—-2133—311
Diarrhœa—-—-——11
Enteritis—1—12—1——3
Gastritis——1———1
Syphilis——————————
Rickets——————————
Suffocation, overlying——————————
Injury at Birth——————————
Atelectasis——————————
Congenital Malformation2———2————2
Premature Birth7———7—————
Atrophy, Debility, and
Marasmus33—73—21
Other causesl11—311——5
Totals13362241269758