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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 1907

[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 1907.

Table A3.

Showing the Causes of Infantile Mortality in the District during each of the four quarters of the year 1907.

Cause of Death.1st Quar.2nd Quar.3rd Quar.4th QuarTotals.
All CausesCertified2426151984
Uncertified..........
Common Infectious DiseasesSmall-pox..........
Chicken-pox..........
Measles..5117
Scarlet Fever..........
Diphtheria : Croup..........
Whooping Cough ...13217
Diarrhœal DiseasesDiarrhoea, all forms....123
Enteritis (not Tuberculosis)1113
Gastritis, Gastro-intestinal Catarrah1......1
Wasting DiseasesPremature Birth624214
Congenital Defects3126
Injury at Birth ...1......1
Want of Breast-milk..........
A trophy, Debility, Marasmus12..25
Tuberculous Diseases'Tuberculous Meningitis..112
Tuberculous Peritonitis..........
Tabes Mesenterica..1...1
Other Tuberculous Diseases....112
Erysipelas..........
Syphilis..j....1
Rickets..1....1
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)11....2
Convulsions......22
Bronchitis22228
Laryngitis..........
Pneumonia62..311
Suffocation over-laying....
Other Causes421..7
Total2426151984