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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 1955

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southgate]

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Table: TABLE IIIInfantile Mortality.1955. Nett Deaths from stated causes at various periods under 1 year of age.

TABLE III

Infantile Mortality.

1955. Nett Deaths from stated causes at various periods under 1 year of age.

Causes of DeathUnder 1 week1—2 weeks2—3 weeks3—4 weeksTotal under 1 month1—3 months3—6 months6—9 months9—12 monthsTotal under 1 year
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 Tuberculous)
12. Convulsions
13. Laryngitis
14. Bronchitis—21—3—11—5
15. Pneumonia
16. Diarrhoea
17. Enteritis
18. Gastritis
19. Syphillis
20. Rickets
21. Suffocation
22. Want of Attention and Injury at Birth
23. Atelectasis2———2————2
24. Congenital Malformation1———13———4
25. Premature Birth3———3————3
26. Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus——————————
27. Other causes———————1—1
Total621—9312—15