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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 1963

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southgate]

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Table: TABLE IIIINFANTILE MORTALITY1963 : Net deaths from stated causes at various periods under one year of age

TABLE III

INFANTILE MORTALITY

1963 : Net 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 monthI — 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.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.Atelectasis1---1----1
24.Congenital Malformation5---5-1-—6
25.Premature Birth2---2—---2
26.Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus----------
27.Other Causes----------
Total8---8-1--9