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Willesden 1937

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]

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Table: APPENDIX A.TABLE III.—INFANT MORTALITY DURING 1937.

APPENDIX A.TABLE III.—INFANT MORTALITY DURING 1937.

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.Roundwood.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 causes Certified551310381592920819731857182712231518131010
UnCertified-----------------------
Small Pox-----------------------
Chicken Pox-----——----------------
Measles-----——-——_—----------
Scarlet Fever-—---——-—--------_----_--
Whooping Cough-—----2--2--1---1-----
Diphtheria and Croup-----------------------
Erysipelas-—---—-:-—--------------
Tuberculous Meningitis-----------------------
Abdominal Tuberculosis (a) ...------------------------
1 Other Tuberculous Diseases-—----1--I-----__-1-----
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)-----------------------
Convulsions-—----------------------
Laryngitis-—---1--—1-—---1-------
Bronchitis-—---12-—32——————1---_--
Pneumonia (all forms)-—1128633222212-3-342111
Diarrhoea-21142315114579——2665728453
Enteritis
Gastritis——--———————_—-————----
Syphilis——1-1————1--------1----
Rickets———-—--1-1-----1------
Suffocation, overlying——---1-2-312-----------
Injury at birth9—--9----91---_11---132
Atelectasis81--93---121___21122_;3
l Congenital Malformations (6)4211862__16111242--11111
Premature Birth3176_446___50101161 9464521 2
I Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus-----_6--17211----1-----
Other Causes31——4413-12211——111121-1
Total Deaths55131038159292081973185718-12231518131010
Deaths—Legitimate4911837139231771572744616179191217998
Illegitimate622-10206314044112103431412
Births—Legitimate...........................2,913334206126172188281255271228256201190205
Illegitimate...........................1452417 |43317161211912512
Total Births...........................3,058358223130175191298271283239265213195217
Infant Mortality Hate—
Legitimate...........................53-9080-8419-4231-7534-8885-1160-5035-2970-1152-6366-4144-7847-3739-02
Illegitimate...........................275-86166-67235-29250-0333-33666-67588-24187-50333-33272-73 1111-11333-33200-00166-67
Infant Mortality Rate...........................64-4286-6035-8738-4640-0094-2490-6044-2881-2762-7667-9261-0351-2846-08
Population........................203,38519,08716,33411,43413,36313,49716,28418,133 j13,38115,83613,67320,20814,15518,003
(à) Under Abdominal Tuberculosis are included Deaths from Tuberculous Pertonitis, and Enteritis, and from Tabes Mesenterica. (á) Want of Breast Milk is included under Atrophy and Debility.