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 Brentford and Chiswick]
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BIRTHS - Legitimate 535 DEATHS - Legitimate 28
Illegitimate 50 Illegitimate 2
INFANTILE MORTALITY RATE PER 1,000 BIRTHS = 51
TABLE 11.
INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1941.
Net deaths from stated causes at various ages under one year .
CAUSE OF DEATH. | Under 1 week. | 1-2 weeks | 2-3 weeks | 3-4 week | Total under 4 weeks. | 1-3 months | 3-6 months | 6-9 months | 9-12 months | Total under 1 year. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1.Small-pox | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
2. Chicken-pox | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
3. Measles | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
4.Scarlet Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
5. Whooping Cough | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||
6. Diphtheria or Croup | - | - | ||||||||
7. Erysipelas | - | - | - | |||||||
8. Tuberculous Meningitis | - | - | ||||||||
9. Abdominal Tuberculosis | - | - | - | - | - | |||||
10. Other Tuberc. Diseases | - | - | - | - | ||||||
11. Meningitis (non T.B) | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
12. Convulsions | - | 1 | 1 | |||||||
13. Laryngitis | - | - | ||||||||
14. Bronchitis | - | - | ||||||||
15. Pneumonia(all forms) | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 4 | |||
16. Diarrhoea | - | - | ||||||||
17. Enteritis | - | 2 | 2 | |||||||
18. Gastritis | - | - | - | - | - | |||||
19. Rickets | - | - | - | - | ||||||
20. Suffocation, overlying | - | - | ||||||||
21. Injury at Birth | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||||||
22. Atelectasis | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | ||||||
23. Congenital Malformation | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | - | 5 | ||||
24. Premature Birth | 6 | 1 | 1 | 8 | - | - | 8 | |||
25. Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus | - | - | 1 | |||||||
26. Pemphigus Neonatorum | - | - | ||||||||
27. Other Causes | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | |||
TOTALS | 12 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 1 | - | 30 |