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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 1938

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

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Table: TABLE II.—INFANT MORTALITY, 1938.Net deaths from stated causes at various ages under one year of age.

TABLE II.—INFANT MORTALITY, 1938.

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 1 under 1 vear.
Influenza ...
Cerebro-spinal Meningitis
Chicken-pox--------——
Measles__1i
Scarlet Fever----------——
Whooping Cough--
Diphtheria and Croup ...
Erysipelas---------——
Tuberculous Meningitis ...—
Other TuberculousDiseases
Meningitis (notTuberculous)1i
Convulsions-------——
Laryngitis—
Bronchitis-----11-—2
Pneumonia (all forms) ...-1--1121—5
Enteritis ...------o—1—3
Gastritis ...-----—--——
Syphilis ...-------—-——
Rickets-----————
Suffocation overlying11
Injury at Birth ...3---3——-—3
Atelectasiso---2—--—2
Congenital Malformation21--3—--—3
Premature Birth4--26——-—6
Atrophy, Debility and1
Marasmus—--———-1
Other Causesi-12
Totals11221545o430