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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 1919

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

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Table: M. of H. Table IV. Table of Infant Mortality during the year 1919.

M. of H. Table IV. Table of Infant Mortality during the year 1919.

CAUSE OF DEATHUnder 1 week1-2 weeks2-3 weeks3-4 weeksTotal under 4 weeks1-3 months3-6 months6-9 months9-12 monthsTotal Deaths under 1 year
Small-pox..............................
Chicken-pox..............................
Measles........................11
Scarlet Fever..............................
Whooping-cough........................12
Diphtheria and Mem. Croup........................11
Erysipelas......1...1............1
Tuberculous Meningitis.....................112
Abdominal Tuberculosis..............................
Other Tuberculous Diseases..............................
Meningitis (not Tuberculous).....................1...1
Convulsions21......3......137
Laryngitis..............................
Bronchitis11......2631113
Pneumonia (all forms)...1...12584625
Diarrhœa.........11341110
Enteritis...11...2442315
Gastritis...............11......2
Syphilis..............................
Rickets..............................
Suffocation, overlying1.........1............1
Injury at Birth..............................
Atelectasis41...5............5
Congenital Malformations321...6112...10
Premature birth386324933......55
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus42...1732......12
Other Causes43......7511317
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