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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 1912
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hammersmith, Metropolitan Borough of]
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LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD RETURN.—TABLE IV.
Infant Mortality during the year 1912. Nett Deaths from stated Causes at various Ages under 1 Year of Age.
METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF HAMMERSMITH
| 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 | 69 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 107 | 46 | 49 | 37 | 22 | 261 | |||
| Uncertified | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Small-pox | _— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Chicken-pox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Measles | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | ||||
| Scarlet Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| Whooping Cough | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 4 | 6 | — | 11 | ||||
| Diphtheria and Croup | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Erysipelas | —_ | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | ||||
| Tuberculous Meningitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||||
| Abdominal Tuberculosis (b) | — | — | — | — | — | j | — | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||||
| Other Tuberculous Diseases | — | —_ | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 2 | _— | 3 | ||||
| Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | _— | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | ||||
| Convulsions | 6 | — | 1 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 3 | — | — | 14 | ||||
| Laryngitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Bronchitis | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 17 | ||||
| Pneumonia (all forms) | — | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 40 | ||||
| Diarrhoea | _— | — | — | — | — | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | ||||
| Enteritis | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 20 | ||||
| Gastritis | —_ | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Syphilis | _— | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | — | — | 8 | ||||
| Rickets | _— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| Suffocation, overlying | 6 | — | — | 1 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | 11 | ||||
| Injury at Birth | — | —_ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Atelectasis | 2 | —_ | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | 2 | ||||
| Congenital Malformations (c) | 4 | 1 | 2 | — | 7 | — | — | — | — | 7 | ||||
| Premature Birth | 35 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 47 | 4 | 2 | — | — | 53 | ||||
| Atrophy, Debility, and Marasmus | 10 | 2 | 2 | — | 14 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 26 | ||||
| Other causes | 6 | 1 | 1 | — | 8 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 19 | ||||
| 69 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 107 | 46 | 49 | 37 | 22 | 261 | |||||
Nett Births in the Year : Legitimate, 2,748; Illegitimate. 135. Nett Deaths in the Year of : Legitimate Infants, 240; Illegitimate Infants, 21