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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
Friern Barnet 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Friern Barnet]
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TABLE IV.
913. Infantile Mortality.
Nett Deaths from stated causes at various Ages under 1 Year of Age.
| CAUSE OF DEATH. | Under 1 week. | 1-2 weeks. | 2-3 weeks. | 3-4 weeks. | Total under 4 weeks. | 4 weeks & under 3 months. | 3 months & under 6 months. | 6 months & under 9 months. | 9 months & under 12 months. | Total Deaths under One Year. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All causes— | ||||||||||
| Certified | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | |
| Uncertified | ||||||||||
| Small-pox | ||||||||||
| Chicken-pox | ||||||||||
| Measles | ||||||||||
| Scarlet Fever | ||||||||||
| Whooping Cough | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
| Diphtheria and Croup | ||||||||||
| Erysipelas | ||||||||||
| Tuberculous Meningitis | ||||||||||
| Abdominal Tuberculosis | ||||||||||
| Other Tuberculous Diseases | ||||||||||
| Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | ||||||||||
| Convulsions | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||||
| Laryngitis | ||||||||||
| Bronchitis | 1 | i | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| Pneumonia (all forms) | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||||
| Diarrhoea | ||||||||||
| Enteritis | ||||||||||
| Gastritis | ||||||||||
| Syphilis | ||||||||||
| Rickets | ||||||||||
| Suffocation overlying | ||||||||||
| Injury at birth | ||||||||||
| Atelectasis | ||||||||||
| Congenital Malformations | ||||||||||
| Premature birth | 6 | 6 | 6 | |||||||
| Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||
| Other causes | ||||||||||
| 6 | 2 | 1 | i | 10 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 19 | |
Nett Births in the Year :
Legitimate 328
Illegitimate 5
Nett Deaths in the Year of
Legitimate Infants 19
Illegitimate Infants 0