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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

Leyton 1918

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]

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Table: Table No. IV.INFANTILE MORTALITY.CALENDAR YEAR 1918.Nett Deaths from Stated Causes at various Ages under One Year of Age.

Table No. IV.

INFANTILE MORTALITY.CALENDAR YEAR 1918.

Nett Deaths from Stated Causes at various Ages under One Year of Age.

CAUSES OF DEATH.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 Months9 Months and underl2Months.Total Deaths under 1 Year.
All CausesCertified4245106131172219158
Uncertified2.........21.........3
Small-pox..............................
Chicken-pox...........................
Measles.....................123
Scarlet Fever..............................
Whooping-Cough.........11.........12
Diphtheria and Croup........................11
Erysipelas..............................
Tuberculous Meningitis.....................213
Abdominal Tuberculosis...............2.........2
Other Tuberculous Diseases........................11
Meningitis (not Tuberculous).....................213