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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 1938

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

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Table: TABLE II.Infantile Mortality during the Year 1938.•Net deaths from stated causes at various ages tinder one year.

TABLE II.

Infantile Mortality during the Year 1938.

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Net deaths from stated causes at various ages tinder 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--------11
Erysipelas----------
Tuberculous Meningitis----------
Abdominal Tuberculosis----------
Other Tuber. Diseases----------
Meningitis (non T.B.)------1--1
Convulsions1---1----1
Laryngitis----------
Bronchitis------1--1
Pneumonia (all forms)------2114
Diarrhoea----------
Enteritis1-1-2121-r.
Gastritis---------_
Rickets---------—.
Suffocation, overlying---------
Injury at Birth1---1----l
Atelectasis1---1---i
Congenital Malformation311-----5
Premature Birth7-1-8----8
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus--1-12---3
Pemphigus Neonatorum-----1---1
Other Causes--——---1--1
Totals1414-19472234
Births—Legitimate772Deaths—Legitimate29
Illegitimate44Illegitimate5
Infantile Mortality Rate per 1,000 Births42