Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stoke Newington, The Metropolitan Borough]
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TABLE II.—INFANT MORTALITY, 1934.
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. |
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Influenza | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 |
Cerebro spinal Meningitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 |
Chicken-pox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Measles | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Scarlet Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Whooping Cough | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 |
Diphtheria and Croup | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Erysipelas | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Tuberculous Meningitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Other Tuberculous Diseases | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Convulsions | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Laryngitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Bronchitis | — | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 2 |
Pneumonia (all forms) | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | 3 |
Diarrhoea | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Enteritis | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 2 | — | 5 |
Gastritis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Syphilis | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 |
Rickets | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Suffocation overlying | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Injury at Birth | 4 | — | — | — | 4 | — | — | — | — | 4 |
Atelectasis | 2 | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | 2 |
Congenital Malformation | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 |
Premature Birth | 9 | 1 | — | 2 | 12 | — | — | — | — | 12 |
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | 3 |
Other Causes | 3 | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | 1 | 2 | 6 |
Totals | 18 | 3 | — | 3 | 24 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 42 |