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Infant Deaths.
Nett deaths of infants under 1 year of age 41
Infant death rate per 1,000 live births 65.2
Infant death rate per 1,000 legitimate births 65
Infant death rate per 1,000 illegitimate births 62.5
Deaths from diarrhoea (under 1 year) per 1,000 live births 9.5
Table of death rates per thousand live births of infants in Twickenham during the Past
25 years.
Year
Rate
Year
Rate
Year
Rate
1910
89.0
1918
113.9
1926
49.0
1911
111.7
1919
66.3
1927
55.4
1912
68.7
1920
58.2
1928
52.0
1913
79.7
1921
84.7
1929
61.1
1914
80.5
1922
70.2
1930
40.3
1915
100.2
1923
72.2
1931
39.2
1916
'85.6
1924
54.6
1932
51.4
1917
82.2
1925
70.1
1933
52.0
1934
65.2
The number of infants who died before the end of the first month of life was 18, giving a
neonatal death rate of 28.6 per thousand live births. The neonatal death rate for the past live
years has been :—
Year
1st Week
2nd week
3rd week
4th week
Rate
1930
12
—
2
2
28.5
1931
8
1
—
3
19.6
1932
8
2
—
1
18.1
1933
15
1
2
1
32.1
1934
14
2
—
—
28.6
The following table shows the deaths of infants under 5 years of age which occurred
during 1934.
Causes of death of children under 5 years of age, 1934.
CAUSES
OF
DEATH.
1 week
1-2 weeks
2-3 weeks
3-1 weeks
Total under
one month
1-3 months
3-6 months
6-9 months
9-12 months
Total under
one year
1-2 years
2-3 years
3-1 years
4-5 years
Total under
five years
Measles
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
1
3
...
...
1
5
Scarlet
Fever
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
1
...
...
...
...
1
Whooping
Cough
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Diphtheria
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
1
Erysipelas
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
1
...
...
...
...
1
Tuberculosis
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Bronchitis
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Pneumonia
...
...
...
1
1
...
...
...
3
4
9
1
...
...
7
Enteritis &
Gastritis
...
...
...
...
...
3
1
1
1
6
...
...
1
...
7
Syphilis
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Atelectasis
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Accident or
injury at
birth
3
...
...
...
3
...
...
...
...
3
...
...
...
...
...
Congenital
malformations
3
...
...
...
3
1
1
...
...
5
...
...
...
...
5
Premature
birth
5
...
...
1
6
2
...
...
...
8
...
...
...
...
8
Debility
...
...
...
...
...
...
......
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Atrophy and
Marasmus
...
1
...
...
1
1
...
...
...
2
...
...
...
...
2
Other
diseases
1
1
...
...
2
1
2
...
9
7
...
...
l
...
8
Violence
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Inattention
at birth
2
...
...
...
2
...
...
...
...
2
...
...
...
...
2
Total
14
2
...
2
18
9
4
9
7
40
5
1
3
1
50