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
1960 : 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 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 2 |
16. Diarrhoea | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
17. Enteritis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
18. Gastritis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
19. Syphilis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
20. Rickets | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
21. Suffocation | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
22. Want of Attention and Injury at Birth | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
23. Atelectasis | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
24. Congenita] Malformation | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | 3 |
25. Premature Birth | 4 | — | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | 4 |
26. Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
27. Other Causes | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | 3 |
Total | 9 | - | - | - | 9 | 5 | - | - | - | 14 |