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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 1937

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

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* Pound in River Thames—Inquests.
Births—Legitimate 749 Deaths—Legitimate 34
Illegitimate 23 Illegitimate 6
Infantile Mortality Rate per 1,000 Births 52

Table: table II.Infantile Mortality during the Year 1937. Net deaths from stated causes at various ages under one year.

table II.

Infantile Mortality during the Year 1937. 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----------
Scarlet Fever---——--—-—
Whooping Cough---—------
Diphtheria or Croup---------
Erysipelas----------
Tuberculous Meningitis----------
Abdominal Tuberculosis---------
Other Tuber. Diseases----------
Meningitis (non T.B.)---——-————
Convulsions---——-1—-1
Laryngitis—--—-—-—-—
Bronchitis---——--—11
Pneumonia (all forms)-----225110
Diarrhoea---------—
Enteritis---1121--4
Gastritis-----—-—-—
Rickets---—————-—
Suffocation, overlying---------—
Injury at Birth2--—2-——-2
Atelectasis71-—8-——-8
Congenital Malformation—11—2—11-4
Premature Birth6———6———-6
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus---111---2
Pemphigus Neonatorum---------—
*Other Causes2---2—---2
Totals1721222556240