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Heston and Isleworth 1936

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Heston and Isleworth]

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Table: INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR, 1936.Nett Deaths from stated Causes at various Ages under 1 Year of Age.

INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR, 1936.

Nett Deaths from stated Causes at various Ages under 1 Year of Age.

Cause of Death.Under 1 week1-2 weeks2-3 weeks3-4 weeksTotal under 4 weeks4 weeks and under 3 mths.3 mths. and under 6 mths.6 mths. and under 9 mths.9 mths. and under 12 mths.Total deaths under 1 year
Smallpox..............................
Chickenpox..............................
Measles..............................
Scarlet Fever..............................
Whooping Cough...............1.........1
Diphtheria and Croup..............................
Erysipelas..............................
Tuberculous Meningitis..............................
Abdominal Tuberculosis..............................
Other Tuberculous Diseases.................................
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)..............................
Convulsions1.........111......3
Laryngitis..............................
Bronchitis...............2.........2
Pneumonia (all forms)...............1.........13
Diarrhoea..............................
Enteritis...............561...12
Gastritis..............................
Syphilis1........................1
Rickets..............................
Suffocation, overlying..............................
Injury at Birth3.........3............3
Atelectasis31......41.........5
Congenital Malformations351...95...1...16
Premature Birth91......101.........11
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus...............1.........1
Other Causes1.........1...3......4
2171...2918166372

Table: Infantile Mortality.As we have no information transmitted to us with regard to some of the births which occur outside the district, and are subsequently transferred in, it is not possible with absolute accuracy to work out the comparative rates of infant mortality for each ward in the Borough, but as far as this is possible with the figures available, and they may be taken as a fairly reliable indication, the numbers of infant deaths and the rates per thousand of the births occuring within the various wards are appended.

Infantile Mortality.

As we have no information transmitted to us with regard to some of the births which occur outside the district, and are subsequently transferred in, it is not possible with absolute accuracy to work out the comparative rates of infant mortality for each ward in the Borough, but as far as this is possible with the figures available, and they may be taken as a fairly reliable indication, the numbers of infant deaths and the rates per thousand of the births occuring within the various wards are appended.

Heston.Hounslow Central.Hounslow Heath.Hounslow South.Hounslow West.Isleworth North.Isleworth South.Spring Grove.
No. of Deaths.104241141072
Rates per 1,000 Births.45.2436.3670.5858.2126.3279.3646.6616.94
The rate for the District as a whole was 48.25.