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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 1943
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hammersmith Borough]
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The following table shows the deaths of infants under one year of age and the cause:— INFANT MORTALITY, 1943. Infantile Mortality during the year 1943. Nett deaths from stated causes at various ages under one year of age.
| 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 1 year. | Total Deaths under 1 year. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small-pox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Chicken-pox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Measles | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Scarlet Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Whooping Cough | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| Diphtheria and Croup | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Influenza | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 |
| Erysipelas | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tuberculous Meningitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Abdominal Tuberculosis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Other Tuberculous Diseases | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Meningitis (not T.B.) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Laryngitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Bronchitis | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | 3 |
| Other Respiratory diseases | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Pneumonia (all forms) | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 13 |
| infective Gastro-Enteritis | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 35 |
| Other Digestive diseases | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Syphilis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Rickets | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Suffocation, Overlying | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Injury at Birth and Con | ||||||||||
| genital Malformations. | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 1 | — | — | — | 8 |
| Atelectasis | 5 | 1 | — | — | 6 | — | — | — | — | 6 |
| Premature Births | 14 | — | 2 | 1 | 17 | — | — | — | — | 17 |
| Otitis Media | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — . | 2 |
| Violence | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Icterus Neonatorum | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Haemorrhage of the Newborn | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| War Operations | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Other causes | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| Totals | 24 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 35 | 20 | 24 | 10 | 7 | 102 |
| Nett Births in the Year: Legitimate, 1,599; Illegitimate, 169. Nett Deaths in the Year: Legitimate Infants, 92; Illegitimate Infants, 10. | ||||||||||