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
1958 : 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 under 1 year | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
I. | 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 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | |
15. | Pneumonia | 2 | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | 2 |
16. | Diarrhoea | ||||||||||
17. | Enteritis | ||||||||||
18. | Gastritis | ||||||||||
19. | Syphilis | ||||||||||
20. | Rickets | ||||||||||
21. | Suffocation | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 |
22. | Want of Attention and Injury at Birth | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
23. | Atelectasis | 4 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 4 |
24. | Congenital Malformation | t | — | 1 | — | 3 | — | — | — | 1 | 4 |
25. | Premature Birth | 3 | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | 3 |
26. | Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus | ||||||||||
27. | Other Causes . . | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
Total | 13 | — | 1 | 14 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 17 |