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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

Southgate 1936

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southgate]

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Table: Table III.Infantile Mortality.1936. Nett Deaths from stated causes at various periods under 1 Year of Age.

Table III.

Infantile Mortality.

1936. Nett Deaths from stated causes at various periods under 1 Year of Age.

Causes of Death.Under 1 Week.1—2 Weeks.2—3 Weeks.3—4 Weeks.Total under 1 Month.1—3 Months.3—6 Months.6—9 Months.9—12 Months.Total Deaths under 1 Year.
All Cautts12I1..14563..28
1 Smallpox
2 Chickenpox
3 Measles
4 Scarlet Fever
5 Whooping Cough
6 Diphtheria and Croup...............1..1
7 Erysipelas
8 Tuberculous Meningitis
9 Abdominal Tuberculosis
10 Other Tuberculous Diseases
11 Meningitis (Not Tuberculous)
12 Convulsions
13 Laryngitis
14 Bronchitis............1....1
15 Pneumonia....1..1321..7
16 Diarrhœa
17 Enteritis
18 Gastritis............1....1
19 Syphilis
20 Rickets
21 Suffocation
22 Want of Attention and Injury at Birth
23 Atelectasis33
24 Congenital Malformations1......1111..4
25 Premature Birth7......7........7
26 Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus
27 Other Causes11....211....4
Totals1211..14563..28