Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]
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INFANT DEATHS CAUSES BY AGE GROUPS AND SEXES
| Under 1 Day | 1—6 Days | 1 Week | 2 Weeks | 3 Weeks | Total U nder 1 Month | 1—2 Months | 3—5 Months | 6—8 Months | 9—11 Months | Totals | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meningococcal infection | M | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | 1 |
| F | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
| Pneumonia | M | . | 2 | . | . | . | 2 | . | . | . | . | 3 | 3 |
| F | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
| Congenital malformations | M | 3 | . | . | . | . | 3 | . | . | . | . | 5 | 6 |
| F | . | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 | ||
| Injury at birth | M | 4 | . | . | . | . | 4 | . | . | . | . | 4 | 5 |
| F | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 | ||
| Post-natal asphyxia and atelactasis | M | 2 | 1 | 1 | . | . | 4 | . | . | . | . | 4 | 4 |
| F | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
| Prematurity, immaturity | M | 2 | . | . | . | . | 2 | . | . | . | . | 2 | 4 |
| F | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | 2 | . | . | . | . | 2 | ||
| Other diseases of early infancy | M | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | 2 | . | . | . | . | 2 | 2 |
| F | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
| M | 12 | 4 | 1 | . | . | 17 | . | 1 | 3 | . | 21 | 25 | |
| F | 2 | 2 | . | . | . | 4 | . | . | . | . | 4 | ||
| TOTAL | |||||||||||||
| 14 | 6 | 1 | 25 | ||||||||||