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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 1932

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

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Table: TABLE 11.-INFANT MORTALITY, 1932.Net deaths from stated causes at various ages under one year of age.

TABLE 11.-INFANT MORTALITY, 1932.

Net deaths from stated causes at various ages under one year of age.

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----------
Cerebro-spinal Meningitis-----1---1
Chicken-pox----------
Measles--------29
Scarlet Fever----------
Whooping Cough----------
Diphtheria and Croup----------
Erysipelas----------
Tuberculous Meningitis----------
Other Tuberculous Disease----------
Meningitis(notTuberculous----------
Convulsions----------
Laryngitis----------
Bronchitis----------
Pneumonia (all forms)-----11226
Diarrhoea----------
Enteritis---1134--8
Gastritis----------
Syphilis----------
Rickets----------
Suffocation overlying----------
Injury at Birth3---3----3
Atelectasis----------
Congenital Malformation1---1-1--2
Premature Birth102--12-1--13
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus-----12--3
Other Causes-1--11--13
Totals:143-118792541