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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

Willesden 1916

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]

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Table: Table IV.— INFANT MORTALITY.1916.—Nett Deaths from Stated Causes at various Ages wider 1 Year of Age.

Table IV.— INFANT MORTALITY.

1916.—Nett Deaths from Stated Causes at various Ages wider 1 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 12 Months.Total Deaths under One Year.
(1(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8)(9)(10)(11)
All causesCertified602417710861592233283
Uncertified....................
Small-pox....................
Chicken-pox....................
Measles....................
Scarlet Fever....................
Whooping Cough............65516
Diphtheria and Croup.................11
Erysipelas............1....1
Tuberculous Meningitis..............112
Abdominal Tuberculosis (a)....................
Other Tuberculous Dis.................22
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)............1113
Convulsions452..11464126
Laryngitis....................
Bronchitis......11692119
Pneumonia (all forms)211..410731337
Diarrhœa..........13127
Enteritis11136771I22
Gastritis....1121..1..4
Syphilis....1..1351..10
Rickets....................
Suffocation, overlying....................
Injury at birth3..1..4........4
Atelectasis3......3........3
Congenital Malformations(b)313..741....12
Premature birth34631447......51
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus593..17119..239
Other Causes51118742324
Totals602417710861592233283

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Nett Births in the year legtimate 3.553
illegitimate 115
Nett Deaths in the year legitimate infants 266
illegitimate infants 17
(a) Under Abdominal Tuberculosis are included deaths from Tuberculous Peritonitis and Enteritis
and from Tabes Mesenterica.
(b) Want of Breast Milk is included under Atrophy and Debility.