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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 1956

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southgate]

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Table: TABLE III.INFANTILE MORTALITY1956 : Nett deaths from stated causes at various periods under 1 year of age.

TABLE III.

INFANTILE MORTALITY

1956 : 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.Chicken pox
3.Measles
4.Scarlet Fever
5.Pertussis
6.Diphtheria and Croup
7. 8.Erysipelas Tuberculous Meningitis
9.Abdominal Tuberculosis
10.Other Tuberculosis
11.Meningitis (not Tuberculous)
12.Convulsions
13.Laryngitis
14.Bronchitis1---11---2
15.Pneumonia
16.Diarrhoea
17.Enteritis
18.Gastritis
19.Syphilis
20.Rickets
21.Suffocation
22.Want of Attention and Injury at Birth
23.Atelectasis
24.Congenital Malformation2---222--6
25.Premature Birth3---3----3
26.Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus
27.Other Causes
Total6---632--11