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 1936.
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 | - | - | - | - | - | — | — | - | 2 | 2 |
Scarlet Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Whooping Cough | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Diphtheria or Croup | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Erysipelas | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Tuberculous Meningitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Abdominal Tuberculosis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Other Tuber. Diseases | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Meningitis (non T.B.) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
Convulsions | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Laryngitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Bronchitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
Pneumonia (all forms | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 |
Diarrhoea | - | — | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Enteritis | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
Gastritis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Rickets | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Suffocation, overlying | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Injury at Birth | __ | _ | ___ | |||||||
Atelectasis | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Congenital Malformation | 1 | - | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 |
Premature Birth | 13 | 1 | - | - | 14 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 16 |
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Pemphigus Neonatorum | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Other Causes | - | - | - | - | — | — | 3 | — | — | 3 |
Totals | 15 | 1 | 2 | — | 18 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 41 |
Births—Legitimate | Deaths— | Legitimate | 37 | |||||||
Illegitimate | Illegitimate | 4 | ||||||||
Infantile Mortality rate per 1,000 Births 49 |