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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 1964

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southgate]

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Table: TABLE IIIINFANTILE MORTALITY1964: Net deaths from stated causes at various periods under one year of age

TABLE III

INFANTILE MORTALITY

1964: 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 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.Other Tuberculosis----------
10.Abdominal Tuberculosis----------
11.Meningitis (not Tuberculous)----------
12.Convulsions----------
13.Laryngitis----------
14.Bronchitis-1--1131-6
15.Pneumonia1---1-2--3
16.Diarrhoea----------
17.Enteritis----------
18.Gastritis----------
19.Syphilis----------
20.Rickets----------
21.Want of attention and Iniury at Birth----------
22.Suffocation----------
23.Atelectasis----------
24.Congenital Malformation11--2---13
25.Premature Birth3---3----3
26.Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus----------
27.Other Causes----------
Total52--7151115