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Enfield 1929

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield]

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Table: TABLE 11.Infant Mortality.Net Deaths from stated causes at various Ages under One Year of Age.

TABLE 11.

Infant Mortality.

Net Deaths from stated causes at various Ages under One Year of Age.

Causes 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 One Year.
All Causes—Certified19541296135962
Uncertified——————————
Smallpox——————————
Chickenpox——————————
Measles——————————
Scarlet Fever——————————
Whooping Cough—————1——23
Diphtheria and Croup——————————
Erysipelas——————————
Tuberculous Meningitis——————————
Abdominal Tuberculosis——————————
Other Tuberculous Diseases——————————
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)——————————
Convulsions——————1——1
Laryngitis————————11
Bronchitis—————————1
Pneumonia (all forms)—11——433214
Diarrhoea——————2114
Enteritis——————5—27
Epidemic Diarrhoea——————————
Gastritis——————————
Syphilis———11————1
Rickets——————————
Suffocation, overlying——————————
Injury at Birth——————————
Atelectasis3———3————3
Congenital Malformation72——9————9
Premature Birth3—1—4——1—5
Atrophy, Debility and
Marasmus311—5————5
Other Causes311—511—18
Totals19541296135962

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Net Births in the year:-—Legitimate: Live births, 1,011; Stillbirths,
24. Illegitimate : Live births, 36; Still-births, 2.
Net Deaths in the year:—Legitimate Infants, 61; Illegitimate, 1.
III.—INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
The following table shows the cases of infectious diseases
notified during the year, and the number of death? which occurred.