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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

Carshalton 1947

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Carshalton]

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Table: TABLE 7.INFANT MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR1947.Deaths Classified as to Cause and Age atDeath.

TABLE 7.

INFANT MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR1947.Deaths Classified as to Cause and Age atDeath.

Cause of Death.Under 1 week.1—2 weeks.2—3 weeks.3—4 weeks.Total under 4 weeks.4 weeks and under 3 months.3 months and under 6 months.6 months and under 9 months.9 months and under 12 months.Total deaths under 1 year.
Smallpox----------
Chickenpox----------
Measles----------
Scarlet Fever----------
Whooping Cough----------
Diphtheria and Croup----------
Erysipelas----------
Tuberculous Meningitis----------
Abdominal Tuberculosis----------
Other Tuberculous Diseases----------
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)----------
Convulsions----------
Laryngitis----------
Bronchitis----------
Pneumonia (all forms)-----111-3
Diarrhoea----------
Enteritis---11-1--2
Gastritis----------
Syphilis----------
Rickets----------
Suffocation (overlying)----------
Injury at Birth1---1----1
Atelectasis11--2----2
Congenital Malformation3---31-2-6
Premature Birth8---8----8
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus----------
Other Infantile Diseases-----1---1
Other Causes--------11
Totals131-115323124 -