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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

Tottenham 1923

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham]

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Table: M. of H. T able IV. Table of Infant Mortality during the year 1923.

M. of H. T able IV. Table of Infant Mortality during the year 1923.

CAUSE OF DEATHUnder 1 week1-2 weeks2-3 weeks3-4 weeksTotal under 4 weeks1-3 months3-6 months6-9 months9-12 monthsTotal Deaths under 1 year
Small-pox..............................
Chicken-pox..............................
Measles..............................
Scarlet Fever..............................
Whooping-cough......1...111238
Diphtheria and Croup..............................
Erysipelas..............................
Tuberculous Meningitis..................2...13
Abdominal Tuberculosis..............................
Other Tuberculous Diseases........................11
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)......2...2...1115
Convulsions4.........4111...7
Laryngitis..............................
Bronchitis.........114......27
Pneumonia (all forms)12......352...313
Diarrhœa.........22532113
Enteritis...1......113......5
Gastritis..................1......1
Syphilis..............................
Rickets..............................
Suffocation, overlying..............................
Injury at Birth...2......2...1......3
Atelectasis21......3............3
Congenital Malformations3.........31.........4
Premature birth34322412.........43
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus9362201342140
Other Causes61...18633424
59131189139221117180