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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
East Barnet Valley 1920
[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. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |