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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

Twickenham 1920

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Twickenham]

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Table: TABLE III.Causes of death among children under 5 years of age.

TABLE III.

Causes of death among children under 5 years of age.

CAUSES OF DEATH.Under 1 week1-2 weeks2-3 weeks3-4 weeksTotal under one month1-3 months3-6 months6-9 months9-12 monthsTotal under one year1-2 years2-3 years3-4 years4-5 yearsTotal under five years
Measles.............................................
Scarlet Fever....................................112
Whooping Cough.............................................
Diphtheria....................................11
Erysipelas...............1.........1............1
Tuberc. Abdominal....................................1...1
Bronchitis...............11......2......114
Pneumonia.........11...24...71.........8
Enteritis...............21......3............3
Gastritis.....................112............2
Syphilis.........11...1......2............2
Atelectasis2.........2............2............2
Congenital Malformations2.........2...1......3............3
Premature birth11211151.........16............16
Debility from birth...1......11.........2............2
Atrophy & Marasmus..................2......2............2
Other diseases4...1...5............51......17
Total ...19323276851472...4356