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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 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Brentford and Chiswick]
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TABLE II.
Infantile Mortality during the Year 1935.
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 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 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Tuberculous Meningitis | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Abdominal Tuberculosis | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Other Tuber. Diseases | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 |
| Meningitis (non T.B.) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Convulsions | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Laryngitis | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Bronchitis | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Pneumonia (all forms) | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | – | 6 |
| Diarrhoea | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Enteritis | – | – | – | – | —. | 2 | – | – | 1 | 3 |
| Gastritis | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 |
| Rickets | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Suffocation, overlying | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Injury at Birth | 2 | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | 2 |
| Atelectasis | 2 | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | 2 |
| Congenital Malformation | 1 | 2 | – | – | 3 | – | 1 | – | – | 4 |
| Premature Birth | 5 | – | – | 1 | 6 | – | – | – | – | 6 |
| Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus | 2 | – | – | – | 2 | 2 | 1 | – | – | 5 |
| Pemphigus Neonatorum | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Other Causes | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| Totals | 14 | 2 | – | 1 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 34 |
Births—legitimate 790
Illegitimate 49
Deaths—Legitimate 28
Illegitimate 6
Infantile Mortality Rate per 1,000 Births 41