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Brentford and Chiswick 1956

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

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TABLE II

INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1956 Net deaths from stated causes at various ages under one year

Under 1 day1 day2 days3 days4 days5 days6 days7-14 daysl4 - 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 Tuberculous Diseases----------------------
Meningitis (non-T.B.)----------------------
Convulsions----------------------
Laryngitis----------------------
Bronchitis-------------1-------1
Pneumonia (all forms)-------1-------------1
Diarrhoea----------------------
Enteritis----------------------
Gastritis----------------------
Rickets----------------------
Suffocation----------------------
Injury at Birth1--------------------1
Atelectasis2--------------------2
Congenital Malformation2-------1----1-------4
Premature Birt2-1-------1----------4
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus----------------------
Pemphigus Neonatorum----------------------
Smallpox----------------------
Other Causes1-------1------------2
TOTALS8-1----12-1--2-------15