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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 1918
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health of the Borough of Hammersmith for the year 1918
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mortality measured by the proportion of deaths under one year
to births registered was 104 per 1,000 being 6 per 1,000 below
that of 1917. The infantile mortality rate of the County of
London was 107 per 1,000.
The following table gives the causes of the deaths at various
periods under one vear of age :—
TABLE III.
| CAUSE 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALL CAUSES | Certified | 52 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 71 | 44 | 38 | 31 | 26 | 210 |
| Uncertified | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Small-pox | — | — | — | — | — | — | _ | — | _ | _ | |
| Chicken-pox | — | — | — | _ | _ | — | _ | _ | _ | — | |
| Measles | _ | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 6 | 7 | |
| Scarlet Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Whooping Cough | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 12 | |
| Diphtheria and Croup | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | |
| Erysipelas | — | —. | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | |
| Tuberculous Meningitis | _— | —_ | —_ | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | 3 | |
| Abdominal Tuberculosis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Other Tuberculous Diseases | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 2 | |
| Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| Convulsions | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | — | 2 | — | 6 | |
| Laryngitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Bronchitis | — | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | |
| Pneumonia (all forms) | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 7 | 33 | |
| Diarrhoea | . | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 1 | — | 4 | |
| Enteritis | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 24 | |
| Gastritis | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | |
| Syphilis | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | — | 7 | |
| Rickets | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Suffocation, overlying | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Injury at Birth | 2 | — | 1 | —_ | 3 | _ | _ | _ | _ | 3 | |
| Atelectasis | 5 | 1 | — | _ | 6 | — | — | — | — | 6 | |
| Congenital Malformations | 1 | — | — | _ | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | 3 | |
| Premature Birth | 27 | 3 | _ | 2 | 32 | — | 1 | — | —_ | 33 | |
| Atrophy, Debility, and Marasmus | 9 | 1 | —_ | 1 | 11 | 12 | 7 | _ | _ | 30 | |
| Other causes | 6 | 1 | 2 | — | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 18 | |
| Totals | 52 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 71 | 44 | 38 | 31 | 26 | 210 | |
| Nett Births ix the Year : Legitimate, 1,845; Illegitimate, 169. Nett Deaths ix the Year of : Legitimate Infants 178; Illegitimate Infants 3 2. | |||||||||||
Prevention of Infant Mortality.—Notification of Births.—
1,746 notifications of living, and 52 .of stillborn children were
received under the Notification of Births Act, 86.6 per cent. of
the births registered being notified. The notifications were
received from—
Midwives. Doctors. Lying-in Hospitals. Poor-Law Institutions. Parents.
1,098 494 118 10 78