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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 1922
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health of the Borough of Hammersmith for the year 1922
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ashpits, manure heaps and decaying animal and vegetable
refuse to food, &c.
Deaths of Illegitimate Children. —The corrected number of
deaths of illegitimate infants under one year of age was 17 or
at the rate of 125 per 1,000 illegitimate births.
It is interesting to note the very great difference between
the death-rate of legitimate and illegitimate infants. The
former being 68 per 1,000 whilst the latter is 125 per 1,000, a
difference of 57 per 1,000.
The following table on infantile mortality has been
prepared in accordance with the direction of the Ministry of
Health.
TABLE III. Infantile Mortality during the year 1922. Nett Deaths from stated causes at various ages under 1 year of age.
| CAUSE OF DEATH. | Under 1Week | 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 | 54 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 82 | 37 | 27 | 21 | 29 | 196 |
| Uncertified | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Small-pox | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Chicken-pox | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Measles | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 6 | 8 | |
| Scarlet Fever | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | |
| Whooping Cough | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 17 | |
| Diphtheria and Croup | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | 3 | |
| Erysipelas | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 2 | – | – | – | 3 | |
| Tuberculous Meningitis | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| Abdominal Tuberculosis | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Other Tuberculous Diseases | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | |
| Convulsions | – | 1 | – | 2 | 3 | 1 | – | – | 1 | 5 | |
| Laryngitis | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Bronchitis | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| Pneumonia (all forms) | 2 | 3 | – | 1 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 32 | |
| Diarrhæa | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | 3 | |
| Enteritis | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | – | 8 | |
| Gastritis | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Syphilis | 1 | 1 | – | – | 2 | 1 | – | 1 | – | 4 | |
| Rickets | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Suffocation, overlying | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | – | 3 | |
| Injury at Birth | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Atelectasis | 6 | 1 | – | – | 7 | – | – | – | – | 7 | |
| Congenital Malformations | 2 | 2 | – | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | – | 2 | 14 | |
| Premature Birth | 30 | 3 | 5 | – | 38 | 3 | – | – | – | 41 | |
| Atrophy, Debility & Marasmus | 3 | – | 2 | – | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 15 | |
| Other causes | 10 | – | 1 | – | 11 | 2 | 6 | – | 2 | 21 | |
| Totals | 54 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 82 | 37 | 27 | 21 | 29 | 196 | |