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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 1903

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stoke Newington, The Metropolitan Borough]

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Table: TABLE A 4.The Causes of Infantile Mortality in 1903.

TABLE A 4.

The Causes of Infantile Mortality in 1903.

First Quarter.Second Quarter.Third Quarter.Fourth Quarter.Totals.
Wasting, Developmental Diseases, and Debility321410
Premature Birth and insufficient vitality7610528
Diarrhœa...13711
Diseases of Lungs1051622
Whooping Cough23...38
Convulsions2...237
GastricCatarrh and Enteritis......9110
Measles22......4
Diphtheria...1......1
Tuberculosis (other than Pulmonary)33......6
Overlying12......3
Septic Infection...1......1
Congenital Heart Disease1......12
Meningitis2......13
Congenital Syphilis312...6
Spina Bifida11......2
Icterus neonatorum...1......1
Trismus neonatorum......1...1
Gonorrhœal ophth......
almia......1...1
Suppression of urine.........11
Influenza.........11
Meningitis.........11
Accidental suffocation (not overlying).........22
Totals37293036132