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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
Hammersmith 1917
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hammersmith]
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and the rate of infant mortality measured by the
proportion of deaths under one year to births registered
was no per 1,000, being 25 per 1,000 above that of
1916, which was the lowest recorded in Hammersmith.
The infantile mortality rate of the County of London
was 104 per 1,000, and in the Metropolitan boroughs
the rates ranged from 70 in the City of London to
152 in Shoreditch.
The following table gives the causes of the deaths
at various periods under one year of age :—
TABLE III.
Infant Mortality during the year 1917. Nett Deaths from stated Causes at various Ages
under 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 1 year. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALL CAUSES. | Certified | 57 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 91 | 43 | 48 | 27 | 42 | 251 |
| Uncertified | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Small-pox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | — | |
| Chicken-pox | — | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | — | |
| Measles | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | |
| Scarlet Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Whooping Cough | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | I | 1 | 5 | |
| Diphtheria and Croup | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Erysipelas | - | — | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | — | 1 | |
| Tuberculous Meningitis | - | — | — | — | — | — | - | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| Abdominal Tuberculosis | - | -_ | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | 3 | |
| Other Tuberculous Diseases | - | -_ | — | -_ | — | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | |
| Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | - | — | - | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | 2 | 5 | |
| Convulsions | 4 | — | — | — | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 13 | |
| Laryngitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | — | |
| Bronchitis | 1 | 1 | — | — | 2 | 4 | 4 | — | 2 | 12 | |
| Pneumonia (all forms) | 2 | 3 | — | 3 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 36 | |
| Diarrhœa | -_ | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | |
| Enteritis | — | 3 | — | — | 3 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 20 | |
| Gastritis | - | -_ | 1 | — | 1 | — | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | |
| Syphilis | -_ | — | — | — | — | 1 | 4 | — | — | 5 | |
| Rickets | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | — | |
| Suffocation overlying | -_ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Injury at Birth | 2 | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | 2 | |
| Atelectasis | 2 | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | 2 | |
| Congenital Malformations | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | — | 2 | |
| Premature Birth | 35 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 43 | 3 | 2 | — | — | 48 | |
| { Atrophy, Debility, and Marasmus | 5 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 2 | — | 36 | |
| Other causes | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 20 | |
| 57 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 91 | 43 | 48 | 27 | 42 | 251 | ||
| Nett Births in the Year: Legitimate, 2,0 0 8 ; Illegitimate, 180. Nett Deaths in the Year of: Legitimate Infants, 201 ; Illegitimate Infants, 50. | |||||||||||
Prevention of Infant Mortality.—Notification of
Births.—1,916 notifications of living, and 45 of stillborn
children were received under the Notification of Births