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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 1959
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham]
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INFANTILE DEATHS IN AGES AND SEXES DURING THE YEAR 1959
| CAUSE OF DEATH | DAYS | Total Under 4 weeks | MONTHS | Total Deaths under 1 year | Males | Females | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7- | 14- | 21- | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9- | 11- | |||||
| Bronchopneumonia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| Other diseases of respiratory system | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | ||||||||||||||||
| Gastritis, enteritis and diarrhoea | - | - | - | - | - | |||||||||||||||||||
| Congenital malformation | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | - | 5 | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 10 | 8 | 2 | |
| Prematurity | 8 | 2 | 5 | - | - | -• | 1 | l | - | - | 17 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 17 | 9 | 8 |
| Atelectasis | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| Birth Injuries | - | 2 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 3 | 1 | |
| Other causes | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||
| Total | 13 | 7 | 6 | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | l | 2 | - | 33 | 1 | 3 | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 41 | 26 | 15 |
| (NOTE Although Registrar General's return shows 42 infantile deaths local records show only 41) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||