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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 1956

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finchley]

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Table: INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1956Deaths from stated causes at various ages under one year of age

INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1956

Deaths from stated causes at various ages under one year of age

CAUSES OF DEATHUnder 1 week1-2 weeks2-3 weeks3-4 weeksTotal under 4 weeks4 weeks and under 3 months3-6 months6-9 months9-12 monthsTOTAL
Smallpox----------
Chicken Pox----------
Measles----------
Scarlet Fever----------
Whooping Cough----------
Diphtheria & Croup----------
Erysipelas----------
Tuberculous Meningitis----------
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)----------
Convulsions----------
Laryngitis----------
Bronchitis----------
Pneumonia (all forms)----------
Diarrhoea----------
Enteritis———11————1
Gastritis----------
Syphilis----------
Rickets----------
Suffocation, Overlying------1--1
Injury at Birth----------
Atelectasis2——-2————2
Congenital Malformations1---1---12
Premature Birth3———3——-—3
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus----------
Other Causes1——12—-3
TOTALS7——18—31112