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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 1947

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southgate]

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Table: Table III.Infantile Mortality.1947. Nett Deaths from stated causes at various periods under 1 Year of Age.

Table III.

Infantile Mortality.

1947. 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.
1 Smallpox
2 Chickenpox
3 Measles
4 Scarlet Fever
5 Whooping Cough
6 Diphtheria and Croup
7 Erysipelas
8 Tuberculous Meningitis
9 Abdominal Tuberculosis
10 Other Tuberculous Diseases............2....2
11 Meningitis (Not Tuberculous)..........1..113
12 Convulsions
13 Laryngitis
14 Bronchitis............11..2
15 Pneumonia1......131l17
16 Diarrhoeal
17 Enteritis..........2..3
18 Gastritis
19 Syphilis
20 Rickets
21 Suffocation
22 Want of Attention and Injury at Birth1......1........1
23 Atelectasis2......2........2
24 Congenital Malformations2..1..31......4
25 Premature Birth8......8........8
26 Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus....................
27 Other Causes6........61..119
Totals ..20..1..21665341