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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

Brentford and Chiswick 1933

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Brentford and Chiswick]

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TABLE II.
Infantile Mortality during the Year 1933.

Table: Net deaths from stated causes at various ages under one year.

Net deaths from stated causes at various ages under one year.

Cause of Death.Under one week.1—2 weeks.2—3 weeks.3—4 weeks.Total under 4 weeks.1—3 months3—6 months6—9 months9—12 months.Total under 1 year.
Small-pox----------
Chicken-pox----------
Measles----------
Scarlet Fever----------
Whooping Cough------1-12
Diphtheria or Croup----------
Erysipelas---------—
Tuberculous Meningitis----------
Abdominal Tuberculosis----------
Other Tuber. Diseases----------
Meningitis (non T.B.)-----1---1
Convulsions----------
Laryngitis----------
Bronchitis----------
Pneumonia (all forms)—-1-i113—6
Diarrhoea----------
Enteritis—-—-—3——14
Gastritis----------
Rickets----------
Suffocation, overlying----------
Injury at Birth4-—-4————4
Atelectasis----------
Congenital Malformation-3--3—1116
Premature Birth72—-91———10
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus1---1-12-4
Pemphigus Neonatorum----------
Other Causes--1-1-1--2
Totals1252—19656339

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Births—Legitimate 810 Deaths—Legitimate 33
Illegitimate 33 Illegitimate 6
Infantile Mortality Rate per 1,000 Births 46