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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 1934

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

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Table: TABLE II.Infantile Mortality during the Year 1934.Net deaths front stated causes at various ages under one year.

TABLE II.

Infantile Mortality during the Year 1934.

Net deaths front 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----------
Diphtheria or Croup----------
Erysipelas------1--1
Tuberculous Meningitis------1--1
Abdominal Tuberculosis----------
Other Tuber. Diseases----------
Meningitis (nont.b.)----------
Convulsions----------
Laryngitis----------
Bronchitis---11-1i14
Pneumonia (all forms)------4239
Diarrhoea------1--1
Enteritis-----13——4
Gastritis----------
Rickets----------
Suffocation, overlying----------
Injury at Birth1—--1-———1
Atelectasis-----1---1
Congenital Malformation42--6-———6
Premature Birth101--11-1——12
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus-1--1----1
Pemphigus Neonatorum----------
Other Causes——-1123-17
Totals154—2214153548

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Births—Legitimate 755 Deaths—Legitimate 44
Illegitimate 29 Illegitimate 4
Infantile Mortality Rate per 1,000 Births 61