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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 1943
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Friern Barnet]
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TABLE 4.
INFANTILE MORTALITY .
NETT DEATHS FROM STATED CAUSES AT VARIOUS AGES UNDER 1 YEAR OF AGE 1943.
| Under 1 week. | 1-2 weeks. | 2-3 weeks. | 3-4 weeks. | Total under 4 weeks. | 4 weeks and under 3 months | 3 months and under 6 months | 6 months and under 9 months | 9 months and under 12 months | Total under 1 year. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All causes:- | |||||||||||
| Certified. | 6 | 4 | - | - | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | - | 17 | |
| Un-certified. | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | — | - | - | |
| Atelectasis | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | |
| Accident of parturition. | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| Diarrhoea | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Gastro-enteritis | - | - | - | - | - | l | - | - | — | 1 | |
| Marusmus | - | - | - | - | - | l | - | - | - | 1 | |
| Other defined diseases | 2 | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | 2 | |
| Pneumonia | - | 2 | - | 2 | - | 2 | - | - | 5 | ||
| Prematurity | 2 | 1 | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | 3 | ||