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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 1938

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

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Table: INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1938. Nett Deaths from stated Causes at various Ages under 1 Year of Age.

INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1938. Nett Deaths from stated Causes at various Ages under 1 Year of Age.

Cause of Death.Under 1 week.1-2 weeks.2-3 weeks.3-4 weeks.Total under 4 weeks.4 weeks and under 3 mths.3 mths. and under 6 mths.6 mths. and under 9 mths.9 mths. and under 12 mths.Total Deaths under 1 year.
Smallpox..............................
Chicken-pox..............................
Measles.....................1...1
Scarlet Fever..............................
Whooping Cough..............................
Diphtheria and Croup..............................
Erysipelas..............................
Tuberculous Meningitis..............................
Abdominal Tuberculosis..............................
Other Tuberculous Diseases..............................
Meningitis (not Tuberculous).....................11
Convulsions..................1......1
Laryngitis..............................
Bronchitis...............1.........1
Pneumonia (all forms)...............42...17
Diarrhoea...............1......12
Enteritis.........1122117
Gastritis..............................
Syphilis..............................
Rickets..............................
Suffocation, overlaying..............................
Injury at Birth2.........2............2
Atelectasis2......13............3
Congenital Malformations522...921......12
Premature Birth15.........152.........17
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus...............1.........1
Other Causes2......13322111
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