Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Brentford and Chiswick]
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TABLE II.
Infantile Mortality during the Year 1934.
Cause of Death. | Under one week. | 1—2 weeks. | 2—3 weeks. | 3—4 weeks. | Total under 4 weeks. | 1—3 months | 3—6 months | 6—9 months | 9—12 months. | Total under 1 year. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Small-pox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Chicken-pox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Measles | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Scarlet Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Whooping Cough | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Diphtheria or Croup | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Erysipelas | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
Tuberculous Meningitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
Abdominal Tuberculosis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Other Tuber. Diseases | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Meningitis (nont.b.) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Convulsions | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Laryngitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Bronchitis | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | i | 1 | 4 |
Pneumonia (all forms) | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
Diarrhoea | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
Enteritis | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | — | — | 4 |
Gastritis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Rickets | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Suffocation, overlying | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Injury at Birth | 1 | — | - | - | 1 | - | — | — | — | 1 |
Atelectasis | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
Congenital Malformation | 4 | 2 | - | - | 6 | - | — | — | — | 6 |
Premature Birth | 10 | 1 | - | - | 11 | - | 1 | — | — | 12 |
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Pemphigus Neonatorum | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Other Causes | — | — | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | - | 1 | 7 |
Totals | 15 | 4 | — | 2 | 21 | 4 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 48 |
Births—Legitimate 755 Deaths—Legitimate 44
Illegitimate 29 Illegitimate 4
Infantile Mortality Rate per 1,000 Births 61