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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

Richmond upon Thames 1935

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Richmond]

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9
Infantile Mortality.
This rate is calculated on the number of deaths of children
under one year of age per 1,000 births. During 1935 there were
14 deaths of children under one year of age and 360 births. This
gives an Infantile Mortality rate of 39 per 1,000 births, as compared
with 57 in England and Wales and 58 in London.
It will be seen from the table that out of 14 deaths, five
occurred in the first week of life.
The neonatal deaths, i.e., deaths occurring in the first four
weeks numbered 10 out of the total 14. This gives a neonatal
mortality of 28 per 1,000 births. Seven of these deaths were due
to Congenital Debility and Premature Birth.
Ten of these 14 deaths occurred in hospital while inquests
were held in two cases.

Table: There was one death of an illegitimate infant under one year of age out of 23 illegitimate births. This gives an Infantile Mortality rate of illegitimate children of 43 per 1,000 births.

There was one death of an illegitimate infant under one year of age out of 23 illegitimate births. This gives an Infantile Mortality rate of illegitimate children of 43 per 1,000 births.

Causes of Death.M.F.
All Causes224286
1. Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers——
2. Measles——
3. Scarlet Fever——
4. Whooping Cough——
5. Diphtheria22
6. Influenza23
7. Encephalitis Lethargica—1
8. Cerebro-Spinal Fever——
9. Tuberculosis of respiratory system108
10. Other tuberculosis diseases14
11. Syphilis——
12. General paralysis of the insane, tabes dorsalis1—
13. Cancer, malignant disease4457