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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 1924

[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, 1924.

TABLE II.— INFANT MORTALITY.

NETT DEATHS FROM STATED CAUSES AT VARIOUS AGES UNDER ONE YEAR OF AGE, 1924.

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----------
Cerebrospinal Meningitis----------
Chicken-pox----------
Measles----------
Scarlet Fever----------
Whooping Cough—---—11——2
Diphtheria and Croup----------
Erysipelas----------
Tuberculous Meningitis----------
Other Tuberculous Diseases----------
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)--------11
Convulsions1---1-———1
Laryngitis----------
Bronchitis-------1—1
Pneumonia (all forms)111-3422516
Diarrhoea------1--1
Enteritis------1--1
Gastritis----------
Syphilis----------
Rickets----------
Suffocation, overlying-----1---1
Injury at Birth1---1————1
Atelectasis----------
Congenital malformation2-2151——17
Premature Birth831-12————12
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus-2--2-21—5
Other Causes-----11--2
Totals1364124884751