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Leyton 1945

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]

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TABLE 9.

Infantile M ortality D uring the Y ear 1945—W ards.

CAUSE OF DEATH.Leyton.Lea Bridge.Central North.Central South.Forest.Leyton-stone.Grove Green.Harrow Green.Cann Hall.Wan-stead Slip.Ward not known.Total Deaths under 1 Year.
Smallpox....................................
Chicken pox....................................
Measles....................................
Scarlet fever....................................
Whooping cough........................1......1
Diphtheria and croup....................................
Influenza.................................1
Tuberculous meningitis....................................
Abdominal tuberculosis....................................
Other tuberculous diseases.................................1
Meningitis (not tuberculous)....................................
Convulsions....................................
Laryngitis....................................
Bronchitis...1.........2...1.........4
Pneumonia (all forms)...2.........1...21......10
Diarrhoea....................................
Enteritis.................................2
Gastritis....................................
Syphilis....................................
Rickets....................................
Suffocation, overlying....................................
Injury at birth...1..................1......4
Atelectasis...2......1...1...1......9
Congenital malformations...1......111...1......5
Premature birth............121...1......5
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus....................................
Other causes...2211111...1...10
Totals5932576564...52