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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
Enfield 1951
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield]
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TABLE II.
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 of Age. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Causes—Certified | 18 | 3 | 3 | – | 24 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 36 |
| Uncertified | — | — | — | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Smallpox | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Chickenpox | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Measles | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Scarlet Fever | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Whooping Cough | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | — | 1 |
| Diphtheria and Croup | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Erysipelas | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Tuberculous Meningitis | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Abdominal Tuberculosis | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Other Tuberculous Diseases | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 |
| Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| Convulsions | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Laryngitis | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Bronchitis | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Pneumonia (all forms) | – | 2 | 2 | – | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| Diarrhoea | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Enteritis | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Epidemic Diarrhoea | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Gastritis | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Syphilis | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Rickets | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Suffocation, overlying | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Injury at Birth | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| Atelectasis | 4 | 1 | – | – | 5 | – | – | – | – | 5 |
| Congenital Malformation | 3 | – | – | – | 3 | – | 2 | – | – | 5 |
| Premature Birth | 7 | – | 1 | – | 8 | – | – | – | – | 8 |
| Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Other Causes | 3 | – | – | – | 3 | 2 | – | 1 | – | 6 |
| Totals | 18 | 3 | 3 | – | 24 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 36 |
Net Births in the year :—Legitimate: Live births, 1,525 ; Stillbirths,
21. Illegitimate : Live births, 41 ; Still-births, 1.
Net Deaths in the year :—Legitimate Infants, 35 ; Illegitimate, 1.