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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 1947

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hendon]

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Table: TABLE I.

TABLE I.

Year.Death rate of infants under one year of age per 1,000 live births.
1900133
191080
192047
193050
194054
194157
194234
194339
194432
194529
194629
194727

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The following Table shows the causes of death during
the year:—

Table: TABLE II.CAUSES OF DEATH.

TABLE II.

CAUSES OF DEATH.

Cause.Male.Female.Total.
Typhoid and paratyphoid fevers---
Cerebro-spinal fever112
Scarlet fever———
Whooping cough———
Diphtheria———
Tuberculosis of respiratory system291847
Other forms of Tuberculosis246
Syphilitic diseases347
Influenza5712
Measles1—1
Acute poliomyelitis and polioencephalitis112
Acute infectious encephalitis1—1