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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 1920

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

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Table: TABLE II.—INFANT MORTALITY.NETT DEATHS FROM STATED CAUSES AT VARIOUS AGES UNDER ONE YEAR OF AGE, 1920.

TABLE II.—INFANT MORTALITY.

NETT DEATHS FROM STATED CAUSES AT VARIOUS AGES UNDER ONE YEAR OF AGE, 1920.

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--------11
Cerebro - spinal Meningitis-------1-1
Chicken Pox----------
Measles----------
Scarlet Fever----------
Whooping Cough-----21-25
Diphtheria and Croup----------
Erysipelas----------
Tuberculous Meningitis----------
Abdominal Tuberculosis---------
Other Tuberculous Diseases----------
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)----------
Convulsions-1--41---5
Laryngitis----------
Bronchitis--1-1411-7
Pneumonia (all forms)121-434--17
Diarrhœa------1--1
Enteritis--1-133119
Gastritis------1--1
Syphilis----------
Rickets----------
Suffocation, overlying-----1---1
Injury at Birth----------
Atelectasis----------
Congenital Malformation91--311--3
Premature Birth92812022--24
Atrophy, Debility, and Marasmus121-46-1-11
Other causes4---4221110
Totals20812141251651198