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
1953. Nelt 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 Pertussis | ||||||||||
6 Diphtheria and Croup | ||||||||||
7 Erysipelas | ||||||||||
8 Tuberculous Meningitis | ||||||||||
9 Abdominal Tuberculosis | ||||||||||
10 Other Tuberculosis | ||||||||||
11 Meningitis (.Not Tuber | ||||||||||
culous) | - | - | - | — - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
12 Convulsions | - | - | - | -- | - | — | --- | - | 1 | 1 |
13 Laryngitis | ||||||||||
14 Bronchitis | - | - | --- | - | - | 5 | - | 1 | - | 6 |
15 Pneumonia | ||||||||||
16 Diarrhoea | ||||||||||
17 Enteritis | -- | -- | - | -- | -- | 1 | -- | - | - | 1 |
18 Gastritis | ||||||||||
19 Syphilis | ||||||||||
20 Rickets | ||||||||||
21 Suffocation | ||||||||||
22 Want of Attention and | ||||||||||
Injury at Birth | ||||||||||
23 Atelectasis | 6 | -- | - | - | - | 1 | -- | - | - | 7 |
24 Congenital Malformations | ||||||||||
25 Premature Birth | 1 | 1 | -- | - | 2 | — | — | - | - | 2 |
26 Atrophy, Debility and | ||||||||||
Marasmus | ||||||||||
27 Other Causes | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 3 |
Totals | 8 | 1 | — | — | 9 | 9 | — | 1 | 2 | 21 |