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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 1938

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southgate]

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Table: Table III.Infantile Mortality.1938. Nett Deaths from stated causes at various periods under 1 Year of Age.

Table III.

Infantile Mortality.

1938. Nett Deaths from stated causes at various periods under 1 Year of Age.

Causes of Death.| Under 1 Week. 11—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.
A11 Causes92..11236221
1Smallpox
2Chickenpox
3Measles
4Scarlet fever
5Whooping Cough
6Diphtheria and Croup
7Erysipelas
8Tuberculous Meningitis
9Abdominal Tuberculosis
10Other Tuberculous Diseases
11Meningits (not Tuberculosis)..........112
12Convulsions
13Laryngitis
14Bronchitis..........1.......1
15Pneumonia1......119419
16Diarrhoea
17Enteritis...............1..1
18Gastritis
19Syphilis
20Rickets
21Suffocation
22Want of Attention and Injury at British01......1........1
23Atelectasis1......1........1
24Congentinal Malformations1..1..2........2
25Premature Birth....11........1
26Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus
27Other Causes5......5....1..6
Totals9..2..11236224