Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Annual report on the public health of Finsbury for the year 1925
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Infant Mortality, 1924.
| cause of death | Under 1 week | 1-2 weeks | 2-3 weeks | 3-4 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 mos | Total deaths under 1 year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Chicken-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Measles | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Scarlet fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Whooping Cough | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Diphtheria and Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
| Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Tuberculous Meningitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Abdominal Tuberculosis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Other Tuberculous Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
| Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | 4 |
| Convulsions | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 |
| Laryngitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Bronchitis | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | 7 |
| Pneumonia | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 23 |
| Diarrhœa | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
| Enteritis | 2 | 2 | .. | 1 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 19 |
| Gastritis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Syphilis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
| Rickets | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Suffocation, overlying | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 |
| Injury at birth | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Atelectasis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Congenital Malformations | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
| Heart Disease | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 4 |
| Premature Birth | 9 | 1 | 1 | .. | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 14 |
| Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | 4 |
| Other causes | 5 | .. | 1 | .. | 6 | .. | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 |
| Totals | 18 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 32 | 21 | 23 | 16 | 13 | 105 |