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Southgate 1959
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southgate]
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TABLE III
INFANTILE MORTALITY
1959: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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 |
| 15. | Pneumonia | ||||||||||
| 16. | Diarrhoea | ||||||||||
| 17. | Enteritis | ||||||||||
| 18. | Gastritis | ||||||||||
| 19. | Syphilis | ||||||||||
| 20. | Rickets | ||||||||||
| 21. | Suffocation | ||||||||||
| 22. | Want of Attention and Injury at Birth | ||||||||||
| 23. | Atelectasis | 3 | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | 3 |
| 24. | Congenital Malformation | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 2 |
| 25. | Premature Birth | 7 | — | — | — | 7 | — | — | — | 7 | |
| 26. | Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 27. | Other Causes | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Total | 10 | — | — | 1 | 11 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 13 | |