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Southgate 1961

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southgate]

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TABLE III

INFANTILE MORTALITY

1961: Nett deaths from stated causes at various periods under one 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.Measles11
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
15.Pneumonia1112
16.Diarrhoea
17.Enteritis
18.Gastritis
19.Syphilis
70,Rickets
21.Suffocation
22.Want of Attention and Injury at Birth
23.Atelectasis333
24.Congenital Malformation1112114
25.Premature Birth555
26.Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus
27.Other Causes
Total91111111115