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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 1936

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

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Table: TABLE II.Infantile Mortality during the Year 1936.Net deaths from stated causes at various ages under one year.

TABLE II.

Infantile Mortality during the Year 1936.

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-----——-22
Scarlet Fever----------
Whooping Cough----------
Diphtheria or Croup----------
Erysipelas----------
Tuberculous Meningitis----------
Abdominal Tuberculosis----------
Other Tuber. Diseases----------
Meningitis (non T.B.)--------11
Convulsions----------
Laryngitis----------
Bronchitis--------11
Pneumonia (all forms--1-1242211
Diarrhoea-—--------
Enteritis------2114
Gastritis----------
Rickets----------
Suffocation, overlying----------
Injury at Birth______
Atelectasis1---1----1
Congenital Malformation1-1-2----2
Premature Birth131--1411--16
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus----------
Pemphigus Neonatorum----------
Other Causes----——3——3
Totals1512—183103741
Births—Legitimate793Deaths—Legitimate37
Illegitimate38Illegitimate4
Infantile Mortality rate per 1,000 Births 49