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Stoke Newington 1934
[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. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |