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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 1927

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

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The following table analyses the registered causes of deaths
of infants under the age of 12 months:

Table: TABLE II.—INFANT MORTALITY.

TABLE II.—INFANT MORTALITY.

CAUSE OF DEATH.Under 1 week.1 to 2 weeks.2 to 3 weeks.3 to 4 weeks.Total under 4 weeks.4 w eeks 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----------
Cerebro-spinal Meningitis .----------
Chicken-pox----------
Measles----------
Scarlet Fever----------
Whooping Cough-----2-114
Diphtheria and Croup----------
Erysipelas----------
Tuberculous Meningitis-------1-1
Other Tuberculous Diseases----------
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)----------
Convulsions-------1-1
Laryngitis----------
Bronchitis-----3---3
Pneumonia (all forms)-----21227
Diarrhœa------1--1
Enteritis------21-3
Gastritis----------
Syphilis----------
Rickets----------
Suffocation, overlying----------
Injury at Birth1---1----1
Atelectasis3---3----3
Congenital Malformation111-313--7
Premature Birth613111----11
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus---11-1--2
Other Causes3---31--15
Totals1424222986449