Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finchley]
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Showing the Causes of Infantile Mortality in the District during each of the four quarters of the Year 1908.
Cause of Death. | 1st Quar. | 2nd Quar. | 3rd Quar. | 4 th Quar | Totals. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All Causes | Certified | 11 | 9 | 14 | 20 | 54 |
Uncertified | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Common Infectious Diseases | Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Chicken-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Measles | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 3 | |
Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Diphtheria: Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Whooping Cough | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
Diarrhœal Diseases | 'Diarrhoea, all forms | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 |
Enteritis (not Tuberculosis) | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 3 | |
Gastritis, Gastro-intestinal Catarrah | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Wasting Diseases | Premature Birth | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
Congenital Defects | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 13 | |
Injury at Birth | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Want of Breast-milk | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
A trophy, Debility, Marasmus | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Tuberculous Diseases | Tuberculous Meningitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Tuberculous Peritonitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Tabes Mesenterica | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Other Tuberculous Diseases | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | 4 | |
Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Syphilis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Rickets | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | |
Convulsions | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Bronchitis | 2 | .. | 1 | 3 | 6 | |
Laryngitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Pneumonia | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | |
Suffocation over-laying | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Other Causes | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | |
Total | 11 | 9 | 14 | 20 | 54 |