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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 1962

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southgate]

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Table: TABLE IIIINFANTILE MORTALITY1962 : Nett deaths from stated causes at various periods under one year of age

TABLE III

INFANTILE MORTALITY

1962 : 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. 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. Suffocation1---—1---2
22. Want of Attention and Injury at Birth——————————
23. Atelectasis1———1————1
24. Congenital Malformation1---1--——1
25. Premature Birth4---4----4
26. Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus——————————
27. Other Causes2---21---3
Total92--113--—14