Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hammersmith, Metropolitan Borough of]
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LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD RETURN.—TABLE IV.
Infant Mortality during the year 1912. Nett Deaths from stated Causes at various Ages under 1 Year of Age.
METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF HAMMERSMITH
CAUSE 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 12 Months. | Total Deaths under 1 year. | ||||
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ALL CAUSES. | Certified | 69 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 107 | 46 | 49 | 37 | 22 | 261 | |||
Uncertified | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
Small-pox | _— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
Chicken-pox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
Measles | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | ||||
Scarlet Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
Whooping Cough | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 4 | 6 | — | 11 | ||||
Diphtheria and Croup | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
Erysipelas | —_ | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | ||||
Tuberculous Meningitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||||
Abdominal Tuberculosis (b) | — | — | — | — | — | j | — | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||||
Other Tuberculous Diseases | — | —_ | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 2 | _— | 3 | ||||
Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | _— | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | ||||
Convulsions | 6 | — | 1 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 3 | — | — | 14 | ||||
Laryngitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
Bronchitis | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 17 | ||||
Pneumonia (all forms) | — | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 40 | ||||
Diarrhoea | _— | — | — | — | — | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | ||||
Enteritis | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 20 | ||||
Gastritis | —_ | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 2 | ||||
Syphilis | _— | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | — | — | 8 | ||||
Rickets | _— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
Suffocation, overlying | 6 | — | — | 1 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | 11 | ||||
Injury at Birth | — | —_ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
Atelectasis | 2 | —_ | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | 2 | ||||
Congenital Malformations (c) | 4 | 1 | 2 | — | 7 | — | — | — | — | 7 | ||||
Premature Birth | 35 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 47 | 4 | 2 | — | — | 53 | ||||
Atrophy, Debility, and Marasmus | 10 | 2 | 2 | — | 14 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 26 | ||||
Other causes | 6 | 1 | 1 | — | 8 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 19 | ||||
69 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 107 | 46 | 49 | 37 | 22 | 261 |
Nett Births in the Year : Legitimate, 2,748; Illegitimate. 135. Nett Deaths in the Year of : Legitimate Infants, 240; Illegitimate Infants, 21