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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
Merton and Morden 1923
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Merton and Morden]
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TABLE IV.—Infant Mortality during the year ending 1923. Nett Deaths from stated causes at various Ages under One Year of Age.
| CAUSES OF DEATH. | Under 1 Week. | 1-2 Weeks. | 2-3 Weeks. | 3-4 Weeks. | Total under 4 Weeks. | 4 week 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 One Year. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smal!-pox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Chicken-pox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Measles | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Scarlet Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Whooping-cough | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Diphtheria and Croup | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Erysipelas | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tuberculous Meningitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Abdominal Tuberculosi | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Other Tuberculous Diseases | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Convulsions | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Laryngitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bronchitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pneumonia (all forms) | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 2 |
| Diarrhoea | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| Enteritis | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| Gastritis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Syphilis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rickets | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Suffocation, overlying | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Injury at Birth | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Atelectasis | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Congenital Malformations | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Premature Birth | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | |
| TOTALS | 3 | 1 | - | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
Nett Births in the year :—Males, 177 ; Females, 164 ; Legitimate, 334 ; Illegitimate, 7,
Nett Deaths in the year of Legitimate Infants, 9.