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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 1919

Report of the Medical Officer of Health and Public Analyst for the year 1919

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Table: TABLE II—INFANT MORTALITY.NETT DEATHS FROM STATED causes at various agesUNDER ONE YEARof age,1919.

TABLE II—INFANT MORTALITY.

NETT DEATHS FROM STATED causes at various agesUNDER ONE YEARof age,1919.

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----------
Cerebro-spinal Meningitis----------
Chicken Pox----------
Measles----------
Scarlet Fever----------
Whooping Cough----------
Diphtheria and Croup----------
Erysipelas----------
Tuberculous Meningitis------1--1
Abdominal Tuberculosis----------
Other Tuberculous Diseases----------
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)--------11
Convulsions----------
Laryngitis----------
Bronchitis------3--3
Pneumonia (all forms)—1—-111115
Diarrhœa----------
Enteritis-----512-8
Gastritis----------
Syphilis----------
Rickets----------
Suffocation, overlying1——-1———-1
Injury at Birth———-—-——--
Atelectasis1——-1———-1
Congenital Malformation1——-1———-1
Premature Birth1761-23——1-24
Atrophy, Debility, and Marasmus2---21-1-4
Other causes331-7----7
Totals2592—36765256