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Walthamstow 1925

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]

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Table: TABLE X.SUMMARY, 1925.Causes of Death of Children under 1 year of age.

TABLE X.

SUMMARY, 1925.

Causes of Death of Children under 1 year of age.

Cause of Death.Under 1 Week1-2 Weeks2-3 Weeks3-4 WeeksTotal under 4 Weeks4 Weeks and under 3 Months3 Months and under 6 Months6 Months and under 9 Months9 Months and under 12 MonthsTotal Deaths under One Year.Wards .
St. James StreetHigh StreetHoe StreetWood StreetHale EndHigham Hill
All CausesCertified405166671722106122
Uncertified----------
Influenza----------------
Small-Pox----------------
Chicken-Pox----------------
Measles----------------
Scarlet Fever----------------
Whooping Cough-----2323102231-2
Diphtheria and Croup----------------
Erysipelas----------------
Tuberculous Meningitis------1--1----1-
Abdominal Tuberculosis (b)----------------
Other Tuberculous Diseases----------------
Phthisis-------1-1-1----
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)----------------
Convulsions113-5--1-6-14--1
Laryngitis----------------
Bronchitis111-343--1042-22-
Pneumonia (all forms)1-1-2362215322224
Diarrhoea----------------
Enteritis--213-31-7113-11
Gastritis----------------
Syphilis--1-11---2---2--
Rickets----------------
Inattention at Birth, wilful neglect---11----11-----
Suffocation, overlying------------1---
Injury at Birth1---1----1--1---
Atelectasis6---6----611-211
Congenital Malformations3-115121-9211122
Premature Birth25243343---374108546
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus2-1-312--63--1-2
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis----------------
Encephalitis----------------
Other Causes-12-3222110I11511
Totals405166671722106122222223211420