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 1940.
Net deaths from stated causes at various ages under one year.
| CAUSE OF DEATH. . | Under 1 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. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Small-pox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2.Chicken-pox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 3.Meales | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 4. Scarlet Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 5. Whooping Cough | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 6. Diphtheria or Croup | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 7. Erysipelas | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 8. Tuberculous meningitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| 9. Abdominal Tuberculosis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 10. other Tubere.diseases | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 11. Meningitis (nonT.B.) | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | 3 | |
| 12.Convulsions | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 13. Laryngitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | — | - | - |
| 14. Bronchitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | — | - | 1 |
| 15.Pneumonia (all forms) | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 1 | - | - | |
| 16. Diarrhoea | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| 17. Enteritis | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 3 | |
| l8. Gastritis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 19.Rickets | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 20. Suffocation, overlying | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | |
| 21.Injury at birth | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | |
| 22. Atelectasis | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | |||
| 23. Congenital malformation | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 3 | ||
| 24. Premature birth | - | - | - | 15 | - | - | - | 15 | ||
| 25. Atrophy, Debility & Marasmus | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | |||
| 26. Pemphigus Neonatorum | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 27. other causes | - | - | 2 | 4 | - | 7 | ||||
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| TOTALS | 19 | 3 | - | 7 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 43 |
* Coal Gas Poisoning
BIRTHS:-Legitimate 668 DEATHS:-Legitimate 42
Illegitimate 36 Illegitimate 1
infantile mortality rate per 1,000 births - 59