Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Barnet]
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TABLE V.
Nett deaths from stated causes at various ages under 1 year of age.
Cause of Death. | Under 1 week | 1-2 weeks | 2-3 weeks | 3-4 weeks | Tot under 4 wks. | 1-3 months | 3-6 months | 6-9 months | 9-12 months | Tot. under 1 yr. |
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Small Fox | ||||||||||
Chicken Pox | ||||||||||
Measles | ||||||||||
Scarlet Fever | ||||||||||
Whooping Cough | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
Diptheria and Croup | ||||||||||
Erysipelas | ||||||||||
Tuberculous Meningitis | ||||||||||
Abdominal Tuberculosis | ||||||||||
Other Tuberculous Diseases | ||||||||||
Meningitis (not Tuberculosis) | ||||||||||
Convulsions | ||||||||||
Laryngitis | ||||||||||
Bronchitis | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
Pneumonia (all forms) | ||||||||||
Diarrhoea | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
Enteritis | ||||||||||
Gastritis | ||||||||||
Syphilis | ||||||||||
Rickets | ||||||||||
Suffocation (overlying) | ||||||||||
Injury at birth | ||||||||||
Congenital Malformations | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
Premature Births | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | |||||
Atrophy Debility & Marasmus | ||||||||||
Other Causes | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||||||
Atelectasis | ||||||||||
Totals | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 11 |