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
1963 : Net deaths from stated causes at various periods under one year of age
Causes of Death | Under 1 week | 1—2 weeks | 2—3 weeks | 3—4 weeks | Total under 1 month | I — 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. | Other Tuberculosis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
10. | Abdominal Tuberculosis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
11. | Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
12. | Convulsions | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
13. | Laryngitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
14. | Bronchitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
15. | Pneumonia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
16. | Diarrhoea | - | - | - | - | - | — | — | — | — | - |
17. | Enteritis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
18. | Gastritis | - | - | - | - | - | - | — | — | — | - |
19. | Syphilis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | — | - | - |
20. | Rickets | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | — | — | - |
21. | Want of attention and Injury at Birth | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
22. | Suffocation | - | - | - | - | - | — | — | - | - | - |
23. | Atelectasis | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
24. | Congenital Malformation | 5 | - | - | - | 5 | - | 1 | - | — | 6 |
25. | Premature Birth | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | — | - | - | - | 2 |
26. | Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
27. | Other Causes | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Total | 8 | - | - | - | 8 | - | 1 | - | - | 9 |