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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

Heston and Isleworth 1924

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Heston and Isleworth]

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Table: Table III.Infantile Mortality during the year 1924.Nett Deaths from stated Causes at various Ages under 1 Year of Age

Table III.

Infantile Mortality during the year 1924.

Nett Deaths from stated Causes at various Ages under 1 Year of Age

Cause of Death.Under 1 week1-2 weeks2-3 weeks3-4 weeksTotal under 4 weeks.4 weeks and under 3 nits.3 mts. and ui dcr (urn.6 mts. nnd under 9 mts.9 mts. nnd under 12 mts.Total Deaths under 1 vears
Certified13424231 285351
Smallpox
Chickenpox
Measles........................11
Scarlet Fever
Whooping Cough
Diphtheria and Croup
Erysipelas
Tuberculous Meningitis.....................112
Abdominal Tubercnlosis
Other Tuberculous Diseases
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)
Convulsions...............1...1...2
Laryngitis
Bronchitis.........1111......3
Pneumonia (all forms)...1......13.........4
Diarrhoea..................1......1
Enteritis.........112...115
Gastritis.........111.........2
Syphilis
Rickets
Suffocation, overlying
Injury at Birth..............................
Atelectasis2.........2............2
Congenital Malformations...1......1............1
. Premature Birth72211 23.........15
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus1.........1141...7
Other Causes3.........3...216
13424231285351
Nett BirthsLegitimate818Nett DeathsLegitimate infants46
Illegitimate25Illegitimate infants5