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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
Heston and Isleworth 1916
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Heston and Isleworth]
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T able IV.
| Cause of Death. | Under 1 week | 1-2 weeks | 2-3 weeks | 3-4 weeks | Total under 4 weeks. | 4 weeks and under 3 rats. | 3 mts. and under 6 mts. | 6 mts. and under 9 mts. | 9 mts. and under 12 mts. | Total Deaths under 1 year. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All causes | Certified | ||||||||||||
| Uncertified | |||||||||||||
| Smallpox | |||||||||||||
| Chickenpox | |||||||||||||
| Measles | |||||||||||||
| Scarlet Fever | |||||||||||||
| Whooping Cough | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Diphtheria and Croup | |||||||||||||
| Erysipelas | |||||||||||||
| Tuberculous Meningitis | |||||||||||||
| Abdominal Tuberculosis | |||||||||||||
| Other Tuberculous Diseases | |||||||||||||
| Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Convulsions | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||
| Laryngitis | |||||||||||||
| Bronchitis | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||
| Pneumonia (all forms) | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 14 | |||||||
| Diarrhoea | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||
| Enteritis | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 10 | |||||||
| Gastritis | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Syphilis | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Rickets | |||||||||||||
| Suffocation, overlying | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Injury at Birth | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Atelectasis | |||||||||||||
| Congenital Malformations | 4 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Premature Birth | 6 | 1 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Atrophy, Debility and Marasmu | 7 | 1 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Other Causes | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 27 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 11 | 68 | ||||||||
| Nett Births | Legitimate 849 | Nett Deaths | Legitimate infants 6 | ||||||||||
| Illegitimate 43 | Illegitimate infants 5 | ||||||||||||