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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 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham]
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23
INFANTILE DEATHS in Ages, Sexes and Localities, during the year 1938.
CAUSE OF DEATH.
Under
1 week.
1-2
weeks.
2—3
weeks.
3—4
weeks
Total
under
4 weeks.
1-3
months.
3—6
months.
6—9
months.
9—12
months.
Total
Deaths under
1 year.
Males.
Females.
Bruce Grove
& Central.
Chestnuts.
Coleraine.
Green Lanes.
High Cross.
Park.
Seven
Sisters.
Stamford
Hill.
Town Hall.
West Green.
White Hart
Lane.
Whooping Cough
—
—
—
—
—
—
1
—
—
1
1
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
1
—
—
Influenza
—
1
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
1
—
1
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
1
—
—
Tuberculous Meningitis
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
1
1
2
2
—
—
—
—
—
1
—
—
1
—
—
—
Pneumonia
—
1
2
—
—
7
8
9
3
30
24
6
3
5
2
—
1
3
3
—
5
4
4
Diarrhoea and Enteritis
—
—
—
—
—
2
4
4
2
12
4
8
—
1
3
2
—
—
—
2
2
1
1
Atelectasis
2
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
2
—
2
—
1
1
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
Congenital Malformation
Premature Births. &c.
12
3
1
—
—
4
1
—
—
21
12
9
2
1
6
2
1
2
—
—
4
3
—
Suffocation
—
—
—
—
—
1
—
—
—
1
—
1
1
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
Injury at Birth
2
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
2
1
1
—
—
—
—
1
1
—
—
—
—
—
Other Causes
6
1
1
—
—
4
2
—
3
17
13
4
2
2
—
2
1
2
1
2
1
2
2
Totals
22
6
4
—
—
18
16
14
9
89
57
32
8
10
12
6
5
8
4
5
14
10
7