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Finchley 1960

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finchley]

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INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1960

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

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

CAUSE OF DEATHUnder 1 week1-2 weeks2-3 weeks3-4 weeksTotal under 4 weeks4 weeks and under 3 months3-0 months6-9 months9-12 monthsTOTAL
Smallpox----------
Chicken Pox---------
Measles----------
Scarlet Fever----------
Whooping Cough----------
Diphtheria & Croup----------
Erysipelas----------
T uberculous Meningitis----------
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)----------
Convulsions----------
Laryngitis----------
Bronchitis--1-1----1
Pneumonia (all forms)1---12---3
Diarrhoea----------
Enteritis----------
Gastritis----------
Syphilis----------
Rickets----------
Suffocation, Overlying----------
Injury at Birth----------
Atelectasis2---2----2
Congenital Malformations2---21---3
Premature Birth2---2----2
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus----------
Accidents----------
Leukaemia----------
Tumours-----—----
Other Causes3---3----3
TOTALS10-1-113——-14