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Finchley 1959
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finchley]
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INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1959
Deaths from stated causes at various ages under one year of age
| CAUSES 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smallpox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Chicken Pox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Measles | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Scarlet Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Whooping Cough | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Diphtheria & Croup | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Erysipelas | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tuberculous Meningitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| Convulsions | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Laryngitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Bronchitis | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Pneumonia (all forms) | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| Diarrhoea | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Enteritis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Gastritis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Syphilis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Rickets | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Suffocation, Overlying | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Injury at Birth | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Atelectasis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Congenital Malformations | 4 | — | 1 | — | 5 | — | — | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| Premature Birth | 4 | — | — | — | 4 | — | — | — | — | 4 |
| Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Accidents | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Leukaemia | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tumours | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Other Causes | 2 | — | 1 | — | 3 | — | — | — | 1 | 4 |
| TOTALS | 10 | — | 2 | 1 | 13 | — | 2 | 1 | 3 | 19 |