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Infants Deaths.
Nett deaths of infants under 1 year of age 50
Legitimate: Male 25, Female 19.
Illegitimate: Male 5, Female 1.
Infant death rate per 1,000 live births 35.4
Infant death rate per 1,000 legitimate births 32.5
Infant death rate per 1,000 illegitimate births 101.6
The number of deaths of infants under one year of age was unusually small, being eight
less than those occurring in the four constituent areas during the preceding year.
The Infant death rate for the entire borough for the year 1937 was 35.4, which compares
favourably with the rate of 42 for the four constitutent areas during the preceding year.
The number of infants who died before the first month of life was 25, giving a neonatal
death rate of 17.7 per 1,000 live births.
The following table shows the deaths of infants under 5 years of age which occurred
during 1937.

The total number of deaths under one year of age in this table differs slightly from those
in the table of the Registrar General, as the period to which they refer is not identical with that
from which these figures were taken.
Public Mortuaries.
At the date of the enlargement of the borough four mortuaries were in use, one in each of
the constituent areas. It was decided to close the mortuaries at Teddington and Hampton
Wick and to retain in use, for the time being, the buildings at Twickenham and Hampton.
The mortuary at Hampton is of modern construction and ample capacity. That at
Twickenham is out of date in construction and insufficient in size for the whole borough, but
is fitted with a modern refrigerating chamber. The question of closing the Twickenham mortuary
and using the Hampton mortuary exclusively after transference of the refrigeration plant was
under consideration at the end of the year.
During the year 75 bodies were brought into the mortuaries, and 48 post-mortem
examinations were made.