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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

Willesden 1915

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]

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Table: TABLE IV.—INFANT MORTALITY.191 5.—Nett Deaths from Stated Causes at various Ages wider 1 Year of Age.

TABLE IV.—INFANT MORTALITY.

191 5.—Nett Deaths from Stated Causes at various Ages wider 1 Year of Age.

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 12 Months.Total Deaths under One Year.
(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8)(9)(10)(11)
All causesCertified6423231612661555745344
Uncertified....................
Small-pox....................
Chicken-pox....................
Measles....1..11..7413
Scarlet Fever......................
Whooping Cough..........234817
Diphtheria and Croup....................
Erysipelas....................
Tuberculous Meningitis..............314
Abdominal Tuberculosis (a)....................
Other Tuberculous Dis...............112
Meningitis {not Tuberculous)..........21115
Convulsions....1..4413..12
Laryngitis................11
Bronchitis2..2269913542
Pneumonia (all forms)2....15715111351
Diarrhoea......11413..9
Enteritis....112997330
Gastritis..........12..25
Syphilis....2..21......3
Rickets................11
Suffocation, overlying3......3321..9
Injury at birth....................
Atelectasis31....4........4
Congenital Malformations (b)44211151119
Premature birth389845952....66
Atrophy, Debility and v Marasmus123552593..340
Other Causes..1113322111
Totals6423231612661555745344

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Nett Births in ( legitimate 3,638 Nett Deaths in legitimate infants 318
the year illegitimate 137 the year illegitimate infants 26
(a) Under Abdominal Tuberculosis are included deaths from Tuberculous Peritonitis and Enteritis
and from Tabes Mesenterica.
(b) Want of Breast Milk is included under Atrophy and Debility.