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Hammersmith 1926
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health of the Borough of Hammersmith for the year 1926
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Deaths of Illegitimate Children.—The corrected number
of deaths of illegitimate infants under one year of age was
13 or at the rate of 109 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 63 per 1,000 whilst the latter is 109 per 1,000,
a difference of 46 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 1926. Nett Deaths from stated causes at various ages under one year of age.
| 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 Certified CAUSES. Uncertified | 42 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 68 | 20 | 23 | 23 | 10 | 144 |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Small-pox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Chicken-pox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Measles | — | — | —_ | — | — | — | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| Scarlet Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Whooping Cough | — | —_— | —_ | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
| Diphtheria and Croup | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 2 |
| Erysipelas | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tuberculous Meningitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 |
| Abdominal Tuberculosis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Other Tuberculous Diseases | — | — | — | — | — | — | —_ | 1 | — | 1 |
| Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| Convulsions | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 2 | — | — | 5 |
| Laryneiitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Bronchitis | — | —_ | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | 3 |
| Pneumonia (all forms) | — | —_ | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 13 |
| Diarrhœa | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | — | — | 4 |
| Enteritis | 1 | —_ | — | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | — | 15 |
| Gastritis | — | — | —_ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Syphilis | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | 3 |
| Rickets | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Suffocation. overlying | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 2 |
| Injury at Birth | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | —_ | — | — | — | 1 |
| Atelectasis | 5 | — | — | — | 5 | — | — | — | — | 5 |
| Con genital Malformations | 2 | — | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | — | — | — | 7 |
| Premature Birth | 23 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 30 | 2 | — | — | — | 32 |
| Atrophy, Debility & Marasmus | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 2 | — | 18 |
| Other causes | 3 | 3 | — | 1 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 5 | — | 16 |
| Totals | 42 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 68 | 20 | 23 | 23 | 10 | 144 |
| Nett Births in the Year: Legitimate, 2069; Illegitimate. 119. Nett Deaths in the Year ok : Legitimate Infants, 131 ; Illegitimate Infants, 13. | ||||||||||
Deaths of Aged Persons.-The corrected number of deaths
of residents at 65 years of age and upwards registered during
the year was 650, against 665 in the previous year. These
deaths were equal to 4.9 per 1,000 of the total persons living,
and 433 per 1,000 of the total deaths of residents registered.