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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

Hornsey 1918

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]

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Table: TABLE IV.BOROUGH OF HORNSEY.INFANT MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1918 Nett Deaths from stated Causes at various Ages under One Year of Age.

TABLE IV.

BOROUGH OF HORNSEY.

INFANT MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1918 Nett Deaths from stated Causes at various Ages under One Year of Age.

CAUSE OF DEATH.Under 1 Week.1-2 Weeks.2-3 Weeks.3-4 WeeksTotal 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.
All CausesCertified..............................
Uncertified..............................
Small-pox..............................
Chicken-pox..............................
Measles..............................
Scarlet Fever..............................
Whooping Cough.....................426
Diphtheria and Croup........................11
Influenza..................1214
Erysipelas..............................
Tuberculous Meningitis..............................
Abdominal Tuberculosis (b)..............................
Other Tuberculous Diseases..............................
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)..............................
Convulsions...............1.........1
Laryngitis..............................
Bronchitis.....................213
Pneumonia (all forms)1.........114118
Diarrhœa...............1.........1
Enteritis..................23...5
Gastritis..............................
Syphilis2.........2...1......3
Pickets..............................
Suffocation, overlying..............................
Injury at Birth2.........2............2
Atelectasis2.........2............2
Congenital Malformations(c)1.........1............1
Premature Birth912113............13
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus2.........21......25
Other Causes311...531......9
Totals22031287912864

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Nett Births in the year
legitimate, 995.
illegitimate, 42.
Nett Deaths in the year of
legitimate infants, 60.
illegitimate infants, 4.