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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 1941

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

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BIRTHS - Legitimate 535 DEATHS - Legitimate 28
Illegitimate 50 Illegitimate 2
INFANTILE MORTALITY RATE PER 1,000 BIRTHS = 51

Table: TABLE 11.INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1941.Net deaths from stated causes at various ages under one year .

TABLE 11.

INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1941.

Net deaths from stated causes at various ages under one year .

CAUSE OF DEATH.Under 1 week.1-2 weeks2-3 weeks3-4 weekTotal under 4 weeks.1-3 months3-6 months6-9 months9-12 monthsTotal under 1 year.
1.Small-pox----------
2. Chicken-pox----------
3. Measles----------
4.Scarlet Fever----------
5. Whooping Cough------11-2
6. Diphtheria or Croup----------
7. Erysipelas----------
8. Tuberculous Meningitis----------
9. Abdominal Tuberculosis----------
10. Other Tuberc. Diseases----------
11. Meningitis (non T.B)-----1---1
12. Convulsions-----1---1
13. Laryngitis---------
14. Bronchitis----------
15. Pneumonia(all forms)-----13--4
16. Diarrhoea----------
17. Enteritis-----2---2
18. Gastritis----------
19. Rickets----------
20. Suffocation, overlying----------
21. Injury at Birth11--2----2
22. Atelectasis2--13----3
23. Congenital Malformation2--1311--5
24. Premature Birth6-118----8
25. Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus-----1---1
26. Pemphigus Neonatorum----------
27. Other Causes1---1----1
TOTALS1211317751-30