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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 1948
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southgate]
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TABLE III.
Infantile Mortality.
1948. 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 | ||||||||||
| 11 Meningitis (Not Tuberculous) | ||||||||||
| 12 Convulsions | ||||||||||
| 13 Laryngitis | ||||||||||
| 14 Bronchitis | — | - | - | - | — | 1 | — | — | - | 1 |
| 15 Pneumonia | — | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | — | — | - | 1 |
| 16 Diarrhœa | ||||||||||
| 17 Enteritis | ||||||||||
| 18 Gastritis | ||||||||||
| 19 Syphilis | ||||||||||
| 20 Rickets | ||||||||||
| 21 Suffocation | ||||||||||
| 22 -Want of Attention and Injury at Birth | ||||||||||
| 23 Atelectasis | 2 | - | — | - | 2 | — | — | — | - | 2 |
| 24 Congenital Malformations | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 3 | - | 1 | — | - | 4 |
| 25 Premature Birth | 10 | - | - | - | 10 | - | - | - | - | 10 |
| 26 Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus | ||||||||||
| 27 Other Causes | 3 | 1 | - | - | 4 | - | 1 | - | 5 | |
| Totals | 16 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 23 |