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Brentford and Chiswick 1954

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Brentford and Chiswick]

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TABLE II

INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1954

>Net deaths from stated causes at various ages under one year

Under l day1day2 days3 days4 days5 days6 days7 - 14 days14 - 21 days21-28 days1-2 months2 months3 months4 months5 months6 months7 months8 months9 months10 months11 - 12 monthsTotal under 1 yr
Chicken Pox----------------------
Measles.----------------------
Scarlet Fever.----------------------
Whooping Cough----------------------
Diphtheria or Croup----------------------
Erysipelas----------------------
Tuberculous Meningitis----------------------
Abdominal Tuberculosis----------------------
Other Tuberculosis Diseases----------------------
Meningitis (non-T.B.)---------------------1
Convulsions----------------------
Laryngitis----------------------
Bronchitis----------------------
Pneumonia (all forms)-------1---11--------3
Diarrhoea----------------------
Enteritis----------------------
Gastritis----------------------
Rickets--.--------------------
Suffocation----------------------
Injury at Birth3--------------------3
Atelectasis1--------------------1
Congenital Malformation1-----_11-1----1----16
Premature Birth52-------------------7
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus----------------------
Pemphigus Neonatorum----------------------
Smallpox----------------------
Other Causes----------------------
TOTALS102-----21-1111-1----121

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