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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

Finchley 1905

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finchley]

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Table: Table A3.Showing the Causes of Infantile Mortality in the District during each of the Four Quarters of the Year 1905.

Table A3.

Showing the Causes of Infantile Mortality in the District during each of the Four Quarters of the Year 1905.

Cause of Death.1st Quar.2nd Quar.3rd Quar.4th Quar.Totals
All CausesCertified1413221968
Uncertified...............
Common Infectious DiseasesSmall-pox...............
Chicken-pox...............
Measles...............
Scarlet Fever...............
Diphtheria : Croup...............
Whooping-cough...22...4
Diarrhœal DiseasesDiarrhœa, all forms......8311
Enteritis (not Tuberculous)...............
Gastritis, Gastro-intestinal Catarrh......1...1
Wasting DiseasesPremature Birth374519
Congenital Defects1......12
Injury at Birth...............
Want of Breast-milk...............
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus2...114
Tuberculous DiseasesTuberculous Meningitis1.........1
Tuberculous Peritonitis :
Tabes Mesenterica......112
Other Tuberculous Diseases...............
Erysipelas...............
Syphilis......1...1
Rickets...............
Meningitis (not Tuberculous).........11
Convulsions.........11
Bronchitis4.........4
Laryngitis...............
Pneumonia21137
Suffocation, overlaying......112
Other Causes13228
Total1413221968