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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 1966
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield]
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TABLE 3
INFANT MORTALITY
| CAUSE OF DEATH | Under 1 week | 1 and under 2 weeks | 2 and under 3 weeks | 3 and under 4 weeks | Total under 4 weeks | 4 weeks and under 3 months | 3 and under 6 months | 6 and under 9 months | 9 and under 12 months | Total 4 weeks and under 12 months | Total deaths under 1 year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asphyxia Neonatorum | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Atelectasis | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Bronchitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Congenital Malformations | 11 | - | - | - | 11 | 3 | - | - | 1 | 4 | 15 |
| Diarrhoea, Enteritis and | |||||||||||
| Gastritis | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Injury at Birth | 3 | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | |
| Pneumonia (all forms) | 3 | - | - | - | 3 | 2 | 4 | - | - | 6 | 9 |
| Premature Birth | 25 | 1 | - | - | 26 | - | - | - | - | - | 26 |
| Tumours | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| TOTALS | 47 | 1 | - | 1 | 49 | 6 | 9 | - | 2 | 17 | 66 |