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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 1955
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Friern Barnet]
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TABLE 5.
INFANTILE MORTALITY.
NETT DEATHS FROM STATED CAUSES AT VARIOUS AGES UNDER
1 YEAR OF AGE 1955.
| 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. | 4 | 2 | — | — | 6 | — | 2 | — | — | 8 |
| Un-Certified. | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Atelectasis. | 1 | 1 | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| Bronchitis. | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| Cerebral-Haemorrhage | 1 | — | _ | _ | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Congenita1-morbus cordis. | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Congenital-heart disease. | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Pneumonia. | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | |
| Prematurity. | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
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