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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 1936

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]

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Table: APPENDIX A. TABLE III.—INFANT MORTALITY DURING 1936.

APPENDIX A. TABLE III.—INFANT MORTALITY DURING 1936.

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.Wards.
Carlton.Kilburn.Brondesbury Park.Kensal Rise.Manor.Harlesden.Stonebridge.Round wood.Church End.Willesden Green.Mapesbury.Neasden.Cricklewood.
(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8)(9)(10)(11)(12)(13)(14)(15)(16)(17)(18)(19)(20)(21)(22)(23)(24)
All CausesCertified638458032301513170252626714211012191198
Uncertified------------------------
Small Pox-----------------------
Chicken Pox-----
Measles--------22-l-------1--'
Scarlet Fever-----------------------
Whooping Cough------3-4713-1-----1-1-
Diphtheria and Croup-----------------------
Erysipelas-----------------------
Tuberculous Meningitis-----------------------
Abdominal Tuberculosis (a) *-----------------------
I Other Tuberculous Diseases------1--1------1------
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)-------1-1----------1--
Convulsions3---31-1-5___----11----12
Laryngitis---_-------------------
Bronchitis__-1-1232192---1111--21-
Pneumonia (all forms)1-11366432243-1-33-332--
Diarrhoea-----711512424-1-13423121
Enteritis-----------------------
Gastritis-----------------------
Syphilis------1--11-----------
Rickets-----------------------
Suffocation, overlying---1111--3-1----1----1
Injury at birth J «/2---2----2--_---1---1--*
Atelectasis5---5----5-3-1-1---
Congenital Malformations (6)112-11492--25452122y2-13111
- Premature Birth364-2421--14454--464247323
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus-12-34---72----13-1---
Other Causes51--612211242-1--2-2--1-
Total Deaths638458032301513170252626714211012191198
Deaths-Legitimate6084274272513111502223267132081116967 .
Illegitimate3--3655222033---11213231
Births-Legitimate.........t..................2,739342256114159134248244207224262195167187
Illegitimate...........................961711426796111454
Total Births...........................2,835359267118159136254251216230273209172191
Infant Mortality Rate-
Legitimate...........................54.7664.3389.8417.5437.7452.2452.4281.9738.6549.1161.0746.1535.9337.43
Illegitimate...........................208.33176.47272.73---166.67142.86222.22166.67272.73142.86600.00250.00
Infant Mortality Rate...........................59.9669.6497.3816.9537.7451.4755.1283.6746.3052.1769.6052.6352.3341.88
Population...........................202,50519,03216,31111,22713,35013,47615,93719,73312,35615,78013,58219,91414,08617,721

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(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.