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East Barnet Valley 1915
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Barnet]
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TABLE IV.
EAST BARNET VALLEY URBAN DISTRICT.
INFANT MORTALITY.
Nett Deaths from stated causes at various Ares under 1 year of age.
| Causes 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 under 1 year. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Sma11-pox | ||||||||||
| (Chicken-pox | ||||||||||
| (Measles | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
| (Scarlet fever. | ||||||||||
| (Whooping-Cough | ||||||||||
| (Diphtheria and Croup | ||||||||||
| Erysipelas | ||||||||||
| (Tuberculous Mengitis | ||||||||||
| (Abdominal Tuberculosis | ||||||||||
| (Other Tuberculous Diseases | ||||||||||
| Mengitis (not Tuberculous) | ||||||||||
| Convulsions | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Laryngitis | ||||||||||
| Bronchitis | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Pneumonia (all forms) | ||||||||||
| (Diarrhoea | ||||||||||
| (Enteritis | ||||||||||
| Gastritis | ||||||||||
| Syphi1is | ||||||||||
| Pickets | ||||||||||
| Suffocation,overlying | ||||||||||
| Injury at birth. | ||||||||||
| Atelectasi s | ||||||||||
| (Congenita1 Ma1formation | ||||||||||
| (Premature birth | ||||||||||
| (Atrophy,Debility and Marasmus | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||||
| Other causes | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| TOTALS | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
(Legitimate 223 (Legitimate infants 8
Nett Births in the year (illegitimate 2 Nett Deaths in the year of (Illegitimate infants C