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Merton and Morden 1938

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Merton & Morden]

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Table: TABLE-VIII.— INFANT-MORTALITY-DURING-THE-YEAR-1938.Deaths-classified-as-to-cause-and-age-at-death.

TABLE-VIII.— INFANT-MORTALITY-DURING-THE-YEAR-1938.

Deaths-classified-as-to-cause-and-age-at-death.

Cause-of-Death.Under-1-week.1—2-weeks.2—3-weeks.3—4-weeks.Total-under-4-weeks.4-weeks and-under-3-months3-months-and-under-6-months6-months-and-under-9-months9-months and-under-12-monthsTotal deaths-und-er-1-year
Smallpox----------
Chicken-pox----------
Measles----------
Scarlet-Fever----------
Whooping-Cough----------
Diphtheria-and-Croup----------
Erysipelas----------
Tuberculous-Meningitis----------
Abdominal-Tuberculosis----------
Other-Tuberculous-Diseases..----------
Meningitis-(not-Tuberculous)----------
Convulsions1---11---2
Laryngitis----------
Bronchitis----------
Pneumonia-(all-forms)-----111-3
Diarrhoea----------
Enteritis-----112-4
Gastritis----------
Syphilis----------
Rickets.----------
Suffocation,-overlying-----1--1
Injury-at-birth41--5----5
Atelectasis12_-3--_--_3
Congenital-Malformations1-1-211--4
Premature-birth613-10r1--12
Atrophy,-Debility-and-Marasmus-----2---2
Other-causes—1——11———2
TOTALS1354—22943—38

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.Nett-births-in-the-year—Males-470,-Females-520-:-Legitimate-959,-Illegitimate-31.-Nett-deaths-in-the-year-of-Legitimate-Infants-34.
Nett-deaths-in-the-year-of-Illegitimate-Infants-5.