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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 1936

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hammersmith Borough]

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Table: The following table shows the deaths of infants under one year of age and the cause :— INFANT MORTALITY, 1936.Infantile Mortality during the year 1936. Nett Deaths from stated causes at various ages under one year of age.

The following table shows the deaths of infants under one year of age and the cause :— INFANT MORTALITY, 1936.Infantile Mortality during the year 1936. 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 ani under 6 months.6 months and under 9 months.9 months and under 1 year.Total Deaths under 1 Year.
ALL Certified CAUSES. Uncertified355214314201524116
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Small-pox-_—_———————
Chicken-pox----------
Measles------—224
| Scarlet Fever---------
Whooping Cough_———_—2_35
-------_11
Influenza..-------_11
Erysipelas----------
Tuberculous Meningitis-------—1—1
Abdominal Tuberculosis-_——_———_-——
Other Tuberculoses Diseases----------
Meningitis (not T.B.)-_————1—113
Laryngitis_-_—_—_-—_——
Bronchitis___-—_33——6
Pneumonia (all forms)_1__1364822
Infective Gastro Enteritis---_-_—446418
Syphilis---------—
Rickets----------
Suffocation, Overlying----------
Injury at Birth8_—_8——__8
Atelectasis2___-2——_—2
Congenital Malformations102—11321—117
Premature Births1111-_13——_—13
Otitis Media__—___2114
Violence1___1_——12
Icterus Neonatorum—11—2————2
Hæmorrhage of the Newborn..3———3————3
Other causes-----12—14
Totals355214314201524116

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Nett Births in the Year: Legitimate, 1784; Illegitimate. 138
Nett Deaths in the Year of: Legitimate Infants, 107; Illegitimate Infants, 9.