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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
Hammersmith 1915
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health of the Borough of Hammersmith for the year 1915
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LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD RETURN.—TABLE IV.
Infant Mortality during the year 1915. Nett Deaths from stated Causes at various Ages under 1 Year of Age.
METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF HAMMERSMITH.
| CAUSES OF DEATH. | Under 1 Week. | 1-2 Weeks. | 2-3 Weeks. | 3-4 Weeks. | Total under 4 Weeks. | 4 Weeks and under 3 Months. | 3 Months and under 6 Months. | 6 Months and under 9 Months. | 9 Months and under 12 Months. | Total Deaths under 1 year. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Certified | 61 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 91 | 40 | 57 | 40 | 49 | 277 | ||||
| Uncertified | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Small-pox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Chicken-pox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Measles | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 5 | 8 | 14 | ||||
| Scarlet Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Whooping Cough | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 12 | ||||
| Diphtheria and Croup | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Erysipelas | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | ||||
| Tuberculous Meningitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | ||||
| Abdominal Tuberculosis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Other Tuberculous Diseases | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | ||||
| Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | ||||
| Convulsions | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | 4 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 6 | ||||
| Laryngitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Bronchitis | — | 1 | 2 | — | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | ||||
| Pneumonia (all forms) | — | — | 2 | — | 2 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 16 | 46 | ||||
| Diarrhœa | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 19 | ||||
| Enteritis | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 19 | ||||
| Gastritis | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | 3 | |||||
| Syphilis | 1 | — | — | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | — | — | 7 | ||||
| Rickets | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 2 | ||||
| Suffocation, overlying | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | ||||
| Injury at Birth | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Atelectasis | 4 | — | — | — | 4 | — | — | — | — | 4 | ||||
| Congenital Malformations | 5 | — | — | — | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | ||||
| Premature Birth | 35 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 44 | 4 | — | — | — | 48 | ||||
| Atrophy, Debility, and Marasmus | 8 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 38 | ||||
| Other causes | 5 | — | — | 1 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 16 | ||||
| 61 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 91 | 40 | 57 | 40 | 49 | 277 | |||||
| Nett Births in the Year : Legitimate, 2,576 ; Illegitimate, 132. Nett Deaths in the Year of Legitimate Infants, 242 ; Illegitimate Infants, 35. | ||||||||||||||