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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 1908

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finchley]

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Table: Table A 4.—Infantile Mortality During the Year 1908.Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under one Tear of Age.

Table A 4.—Infantile Mortality During the Year 1908.

Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under one Tear of Age.

CAUSE of DEATH.Under 1 Week1-2 Weeks2 3 Weeks.3-4 WeeksTotal under 1 Month.1-2 Months2-3 Months3-4 Months.4-5 Months5-6 Months.6-7 Months7-8 Months8-9 Months.9-10 Months10-11 Months11-12 MonthsTotal Deaths under One Year.
All Causes.Certified All1321218527335...116354
Uncertified None...................................................
Common Infectious Diseases.Small pox...................................................
Chicken pox...................................................
Measles..........................................213
Scarlet Fever...................................................
Diphtheria (including | Membraneous Croup)...................................................
Whooping Cough.............................................11
Diarrhœal DiseasesDiarrhœa, all forms.....................111............1...4
Enteritis, not Tuberculous)........................1.....................1
Gastritis, Gastro intestinal Catarrh...................................................
Wasting DiseasesPremature Birth51......6...1...........................7
Congenital Defects411...62...2...11.........1...13
Injury at Birth...................................................
Want of Breast milk Starvation...................................................
Atrophy, Debility Marasmus...................................................
Tuberculous Diseases.Tuberculous Meningitis...................................................
Tuberculous Peritonitis Tabes Mesenterica...................................................
Other Tuberculous Diseases........................1...2.........1...4
Erysipelas...................................................
Syphilis...................................................
Rickets...................................................
Meningitis (not Tuberculous).....................1........................1
Convulsions...................................................
Bronchitis.........111...1......2............16
Laryngitis.............................................1...
Pneumonia..................12...1.........11...6
Suffocation, overlying1.........11..............................2
Other Causes3......141..................1.........6
1321218527335...116354
District of FinchleyLegitimate, 872Population estimated to middle of 190839,499.
Births in the YearIllegitimate, 16888 Deaths from all Causes at all Ages,339