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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
Hammersmith 1940
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hammersmith Borough]
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The following table shows the deaths of infants under
one year of age and the cause :—
| CAUSES OF DEATH. | Under 1 Week. | 1-2 Weeks. | 2-3 Weeks. | 3-4 Weeks. | Total under 4 Weeks. | 4 Weeks. and under 3 months. | 3 months and under 6 months. | 6 months and under 9 months. | 9 months and under 1 year. | Total Deaths under 1 year. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small-pox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Chicken-pox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Measles | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Scarlet Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Whooping Cough | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Diphtheria and Croup | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Influenza | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Erysipelas | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tuberculous Meningitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Abdominal Tuberculosis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Other Tuberculous Diseases | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | — | 1 |
| Meningitis (not T.B.) | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | — | 1 | — | 2 |
| Laryngitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bronchitis | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 1 | - | - | 5 | |
| Pneumonia (all forms) | - | 1 | 2 | - | 3 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 24 |
| Infective Gastro Enteritis | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 3 | - | 4 |
| Syphilis | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Rickets | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Suffocation. Overlying | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Injury at Birth | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Atelectasis | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 3 |
| Congenital-Malformations | 3 | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | 6 |
| Premature Births | 15 | - | 1 | - | 16 | - | - | - | - | 16 |
| Otitis Media | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Violence | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Icterus Neonatorum | - | - | - | - | -- | - | - | - | - | -- |
| Haemorrhage of the Newtborn | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| War Operations | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | 3 |
| Other causes | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 2 | - | 2 | 7 |
| Totals | 25 | 1 | 4 | — | 30 | 17 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 76 |
Nett Births in the Year : Legitimate, 1,466; Illegitimate. 134.
Nett Deaths in the Year of: Legitimate Infants, 68; Illegitimate Infants, 8.