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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 1917

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]

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Table: T able IV.—INFANT MORTALITY.79/7.— Nett Deaths from Stated Causes at various Ages under / Year of Age.

T able IV.—INFANT MORTALITY.

79/7.— Nett Deaths from Stated Causes at various Ages under / 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 month3 Month and under 6 month6 Months and under 9 Months.9 Months and under 12 Months.Total Deaths under One Year.
(«)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8)(9)(10)(11)
All causes -Certified..7730*3r913946453542307
Uncertified............1....2
1 Small-pox..................
Chicken-pox..................
J Measles................6
| Scarlet Fever..................
Whooping Cough....22......2*8
Diphtheria and Croup..................
Erysipelas................1
Tuberculous Meningitis..............11
Abdominal Tuberculosis (a)..............12
Other Tuberculous Dis..........2....2
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)..........2..14
Convulsions4....161..2110
Laryngitis............112
Bronchitis111..66....323
Pneumonia (all forms)2..0381091646
Diarrhoea2..23233..12
Enteritis23..27478..28
Gastritis......1222..8
Syphilis21..332....9
Rickets..................
Suffocation, overlying1......1X......2
Injury at birth3......3........3
Atelectasis ..4....15........5
Congenital Malformations821..1121....14
1 Premature birth397635512....58
I Atrophy, Debility and V Marasmus..7922201151340
Other Causes811212252425
Totals7730131913947463542309
Nett Bird the year legitimate2,704Nett Deaths in the yearlegitimate infants270
1 illegitimate112illegitimate infants .39

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(a) Under Abdominal Tuberculosis are included deaths from Tuberculous Peritonitis and Enteritis
and from Tabes Mesenterica.
(£) Want of Breast Milk is included under Atrophy and Debility.