Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southgate]
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TABLE III.
Infantile Mortality
1949. 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. |
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1 Smallpox | ||||||||||
2 Chickenpox | ||||||||||
3 Measles | ||||||||||
4 Scarlet Fever | ||||||||||
5 Whooping Cough | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
6 Diphtheria and Croup | ||||||||||
7 Erysipelas | ||||||||||
8 Tuberculous Meningitis | ||||||||||
9 Abdominal Tuberculosis | ||||||||||
10 Other Tuberculous | ||||||||||
Diseases | ||||||||||
11 Meningitis (Not Tuberculous) | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
12 Convulsions | ||||||||||
13 Laryngitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
14 Bronchitis | ||||||||||
15 Pneumonia | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
16 Diarrhoea | ||||||||||
17 Enteritis | ||||||||||
18 Gastritis | ||||||||||
19 Syphilis | ||||||||||
20 Rickets | ||||||||||
21 Suffocation | ||||||||||
22 Want of Attention and Injury at Birth | ||||||||||
23 Atelectasis | 5 | - | - | - | 5 | - | - | - | - | 5 |
24 Congenital Malformations | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 |
25 Premature Birth | 7 | - | - | - | 7 | - | - | - | - | 7 |
26 Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus | ||||||||||
27 Other Causes | 4 | - | 1 | - | 5 | - | 1 | - | - | 6 |
Totals | 18 | - | 1 | - | 19 | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | 24 |