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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 1915
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Friern Barnet]
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TABLE IV
1915. 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 Deathi under One Year. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All causes- | ||||||||||
| Certified | ||||||||||
| Uncertified | ||||||||||
| Small-pox | ||||||||||
| Chicken-pox | ||||||||||
| Measles | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
| Scarlet Fever | ||||||||||
| Whooping Cough | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| Diphtheria and Croup | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Erysipelas | ||||||||||
| Tuberculous Meningitis | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Abdominal Tuberculosis | ||||||||||
| Other Tuberculous Diseases | ||||||||||
| Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | ||||||||||
| Convulsions | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||||
| Laryngitis | ||||||||||
| Bronchitis | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||||
| Pneumonia (all forms) | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | |||||
| Diarrhoea | ||||||||||
| Enteritis | ||||||||||
| Gastritis | ||||||||||
| Syphilis | ||||||||||
| Rickets | ||||||||||
| Suffocation, overlying | ||||||||||
| Injury at birth | ||||||||||
| Atelectasis | ||||||||||
| Congenital Malformations (c) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |||
| Premature birth | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 11 | ||
| Atrophy, Debility and | ||||||||||
| Marasmus | ||||||||||
| Other causes | ||||||||||
| Totals. | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 34 |
Nett Births in the Year :
Legitimate 315
Illegitimate 8
Nett Deaths in the Year of
Legitimate Infants 34
Illegitimate Infants 0