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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 1951
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham]
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INFANTILE DEATHS IN AGES AND SEXES DURING THE YEAR 1951
| CAUSE OF DEATH | DAYS | MONTHS | |||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7- | 14- | 21 | Total Under 4 Weeks | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 11- | Total Deaths Under 1 Year | Male | Female | ||
| Whooping Cough | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pneumonia and Bronchitis | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Gastroenteritis and Diarrhoea | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Congenital Malformation; Birth injuries Atelectasis | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 6 | ||||||||||||||
| Prematurity | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Other Causes | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Total | 13 | 8 | 2 | 2 | -• | - | - | 1 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 2 | 5 | 3 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | 43 | 26 | 17 | |