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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 1936

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]

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Table: TABLE 13.Infantile Mortality, Year 1936—Ages.

TABLE 13.

Infantile Mortality, Year 1936—Ages.

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 Months.9 Months and under 12 Months.Total Deaths under 1 Year.
Smallpox..............................
Chiekenpox..............................
Measles..................11...3
Scarlet fever..............................
Whooping cough..............................
Diphtheria and croup..............................
Influenza..............................
Tuberculous meningitis..............................
Abdominal tuberculosis..............................
Other tuberculous diseases..............................
Meningitis (not tuberculous)...............111...3
Convulsions..............................
Laryngitis.....................112
Bronchitis.....................1i...
Pneumonia (all forms).........2...341414
Diarrhoea..............................
Enteritis...............24...17
Gastritis..............................
Syphilis..............................
Rickets..............................
Suffocation, overlying...........................5
Injury at birth............5............1
Atelectasis............1............8
Congenital malformations2......143...1......
Premature birth20.........21............21
Atrophy, debility and marasmus...............1...1...2
Other causes32......5111...8
Totals313133811117774

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