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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INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1949
Deaths from stated causes at various ages under one year of age
CAUSE OF DEATH | Under 1 week | 1-2 weeks | 2-3 weeks | 3-4 weeks | Total under 4 weeks | 4 weeks and under 3 months | 3-6 months | 6-9 months | 9-12 months | TOTAL | WARDS | |||
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N | E | w | ||||||||||||
All Causes | Certified | 9 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 8 | ||||
Uncertified | ||||||||||||||
Smallpox | ||||||||||||||
Chicken Pox | ||||||||||||||
Measles | ||||||||||||||
Scarlet Fever | ||||||||||||||
Whooping Cough | ||||||||||||||
Diphtheria & Croup | ||||||||||||||
Erysipelas | ||||||||||||||
Tuberculous Meningitis | ||||||||||||||
Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | ||||||||||||||
Convulsions | ||||||||||||||
Laryngitis | ||||||||||||||
Bronchitis | ||||||||||||||
Pneumonia (all forms) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||
Diarrhoea | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
Enteritis | ||||||||||||||
Gastritis | ||||||||||||||
Syphilis | ||||||||||||||
Rickets | ||||||||||||||
Suffocation, Overlying | ||||||||||||||
Injury at Birth | ||||||||||||||
Atelectasis | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||
Congenital Malformations | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Premature Birth | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | ||||||||||
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus | ||||||||||||||
Other causes | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | |||||||
TOTALS | 9 | . | 1 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 8 |