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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 1924
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham]
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M. of H. T able IV. Table of Infant Mortality during the year 1924.
| CAUSE OF DEATH. | Under 1 week. | 1–2 weeks. | 2–3 weeks. | 3–4 weeks. | Total under 4 weeks. | 1–3 months. | 3–0 months. | 0–9 months. | 9–12 months. | Total Deaths under 1 year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small-pox | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Chicken-pox | – | – | – | –– | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Measles | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 |
| Scarlet Fever | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Whooping-cough | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Diphtheria and Croup | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Erysipelas | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Tuberculous Meningitis | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Abdominal Tuberculosis | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Other Tuberculous Diseases | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | — | 1 | — | 2 |
| Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | — | 3 |
| Convulsions | 2 | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Laryngitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | -— | — | — | — |
| Bronchitis | — | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 16 |
| Pneumonia (all forms) | — | 1 | 3 | — | 4 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 25 |
| Diarrhoea | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | 6 |
| Enteritis | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | 2 |
| Gastritis | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 3 | — | 1 | — | 5 |
| Syphilis | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 |
| Rickets | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Suffocation, overlying | 1 | -— | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | – |
| Injury at Birth | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Atelectasis | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Congenital Malformations | 5 | 2 | — | 2 | 9 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 11 |
| Premature Birth, Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus | 45 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 59 | 12 | 2 | 2 | – | 75 |
| Other Causes | 7 | – | 2 | – | 9 | 3 | 1 | – | 17 | |
| Totals | 60 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 91 | 30 | 14 | 18 | 17 | 176 |