Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[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 1913. Nett Deaths from stated Causes at various Ages under 1 Tear of Age.
METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF HAMMERSMITH.
CAUSE OF DEATH. | ' Under i 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 i year. |
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ALL Certified CAUSES. Uncertified | 68 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 101 | 62 | 52 | 50 | 49 | 314 |
Small-pox | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | - | _ | |||
Chicken-pox | — | — | — | — | — | -_ | _ | _ | — | |
Measles | — | — | — | — | — | -_ | _ | 5 | 7 | 12 |
Scarlet Fever | — | _ | _ | _ | _ | -_ | _ | |||
Whooping Cough | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 18 |
Diphtheria and Croup | — | — | — | — | — | — . | 1 | 1 | — | 2 |
Erysipelas | — | — | — | — | — | -_ | _ | _ | _ | _ |
Tuberculous Meningitis | — | — | _ | _ | -_ | _ | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
Abdominal Tuberculosis (b) | — | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | |||
( Other Tuberculous Diseases | — | — | — | — | — | -_ | _ | 1 | _ | 1 |
Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | — | — | _ | _ | — | -_ | _ | 2 | _ | 2 |
Convulsions | 4 | 2 | 3 | — | 9 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 17 |
Laryngitis | _ | _ | ||||||||
Bronchitis | — | I | _ | _ | i | 2 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 14 |
Pneumonia (all forms) | i | — | 2 | i | 4 | 12 | 16 | 13 | 9 | 54 |
Diarrhoea | _ | _- | -_ | _ | 7 | 4 | s | 3 | iq | |
Enteritis | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 40 |
Gastritis | — | — | — | — | _ | — | _ | |||
Syphilis | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | _- | _ | 7 |
Rickets | — | _- | _ | _ | _- | 1 | 1 | |||
Suffocation, overlying | 2 | _- | _ | _- | 2 | -_ | 2 | |||
Injury at Birth | j | - | _ | _ | i | 1 | ||||
Atelectasis | 7 | — | _ | _- | 7 | - | _ | - | _ | 7 |
Congenital Malformations (c) | 4 | 2 | _- | 7 | - | 1 | - | 11 | ||
Premature Birth | 39 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 47 | 8 | 1 | 56 | ||
Atrophy, Debility, and Marasmus | 7 | - | 5 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 38 |
Other causes | 3 | — | — | 3 | 2 | — | 2 | 7 | ||
68 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 101 | 62 | 52 | 50 | 49 | 314 | |
Nett births in the Year : Legitimate, 2,867 ; Illegitimate, 175. Nett Deaths in the Year of : Legitimate Infants, 279 ; Illegitimate Infants, 35. |