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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

Tottenham 1913

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham District]

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Table: L.G.B. Table IV. Table of Infant Mortality during the year 1913.

L.G.B. Table IV. Table of Infant Mortality during the year 1913.

CAUSE OK DEATHUnder 1 week1-2 weeks2-3 weeks3-4 weeksTotal under 4 weeks1-3 months3-6 months6-9 months9-12 monthsTotal Deaths under 1 year
All causes, Certified..............................
Small-pox..............................
Chicken-pox..............................
Measles..................145
Scarlet Fever..............................
Whooping-cough...............12115
Diphtheria and Croup........................11
Erysipelas..............................
Tuberculous Meningitis.....................224
Abdominal Tuberculosis (b)...............1.........1
Other Tuberculous Diseases..................2......2
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)1.........1123...7
Convulsions4...1...8414219
Laryngitis........................11
Bronchitis...11...261211435
Pneumonia (all forms)...2...35813151455
Diarrhoea...1......112206443
Enteritis...1124281419
Gastritis......415231213
Syphilis........................11
Rickets..............................
Suffocation, overlying...1......132......6
Injury at Birth1.........1............1
Atelectasis2.........2............2
Congenital Malformations(c)1...2...311...16
Premature birth454715731......61
Atrophy, Debility Marasmus62210843126
Other Causes8...2313332425
Cerebral Spinal Meningitis........................11
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Nett Births in the year
Nett Deaths in the Year
legitimate 3,694.
illegitimate 87.
legitimate infants 324.
illegitimate infants 15.