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Ealing 1931
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ealing]
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TABLE IIIA.
Infant Mortality during the Year 1931. Deaths 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Causes—Certified | 36 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 44 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 84 |
| Uncertified | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Small-pox | — | — | — | —_— | —_— | — | — | — | — | — |
| Chicken pox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| measles | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Scarlet fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Whooping cough | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 |
| Diphtheria and croup | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Erysipelas | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tuberculous Meningitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Abdominal Tuberculosis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Other Tuberculous diseases | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| Convulsions | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | 5 |
| Laryngitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Bronchitis | — | — | _ | _ | _ | _ | 2 | _ | _ | 2 |
| Pneumonia (all forms) | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 11 |
| diarrhoea | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | 5 |
| Enteritis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Gastritis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Syphilis | _ | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Rickets | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Suffocation, overlying | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | _ | _ | — | 1 |
| Injury at Birth | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Atelecatasis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Premature Birth | 17 | 1 | — | — | 18 | 1 | — | — | — | 19 |
| Congenital Malformations | 4 | 1 | _ | 1 | 6 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| Atrophy, Depility and Marsmus | 8 | 1 | — | 1 | 10 | — | 1 | — | — | 11 |
| Other causes | 5 | — | — | — | 5 | 5 | — | — | 1 | 11 |
| Total | 36 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 44 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 84 |