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[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stoke Newington, The Metropolitan Borough]
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TABLE II.—INFANT MORTALITY.
NETT DEATHS FROM STATED CAUSES AT VARIOUS AGES UNDER ONE YEAR OF AGE, 1926.
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. |
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Influenza | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Chicken-pox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Measles | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Scarlet Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Whooping Cough | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 |
Diphtheria and Croup | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Erysipelas | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Tuberculous Meningitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Other Tuberculous Diseases | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 |
Convulsions | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Laryngitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Bronchitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Pneumonia (all forms) | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 3 | — | 6 | |
Diarrhœa | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Enteritis | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | 2 |
Gastritis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Syphilis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Rickets | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Suffocation, overlying | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Injury at Birth | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Atelectasis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Congenital Malformation | 4 | — | — | 2 | 6 | 1 | 3 | — | — | 10 |
Premature Birth | 6 | — | — | — | 6 | 3 | — | — | — | 9 |
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus | 1 | — | — | 2 | 3 | 2 | — | — | — | 5 |
Other Causes | 1 | — | 1 | — | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
Totals | 12 | — | 2 | 4 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 41 |