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 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. |
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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