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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

Hendon 1936

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hendon]

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Table: TABLEV.INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1936. Nett deaths from stated causes at various ages under one year.

TABLEV.

INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1936. Nett deaths from stated causes at various ages under one year.

Causes of Death.Under 1 Week.1-2 Weeks.2-3 Weeks.3-4 Weeks.Total under 4 Weeks.4 Weeks and under 3 Mths.3-6 Months.6-9 Months.9-12 Months.Total Deaths under 1 Year.
All CausesCertified32343421497981
Uncertified..............................
1. Small-pox..............................
2. Chicken-pox..............................
3. Measles..................1.........
4. Scarlet Fever..............................
5. Whooping-Cough...............3...1......
6. Diphtheria..............................
7. Erysipelas..............................
8. Tuberculous Meningitis..............................
9. Abdominal Tuberculosis..............................
10. Other Tuberculous diseases..............................
11. Meningitis (not Tuberculous)..................11......
12. Convulsions1...........................
13. Laryngitis..............................
14. Bronchitis..................1215
15. Pneumonia...............642417
16. Diarrhæa..............................
17. Enteritis......112......114
18. Gastritis...............11......2
19. Syphilis..............................
20. Rickets..............................
21. Suffocation, overlaying...........................1
22. Injury at birth5.........5............5
23. Atelectasis5.........5............5
24. Congenital Malformation322...71......19
25. Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus, including premature birth7......1181.........19
26. Other causes...1......211...26