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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 1944

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

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Table: TABLE II.INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1944.Net deaths from stated causes at various ages under 1 year.

TABLE II.

INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1944.

Net deaths from stated causes at various ages under 1 year.

CAUSE OF DEATHUnder l week1-2 weeks2-3 weeks3-4 weeksTotal under 4 weeks1-3 Months |3-6 months6—9 months9-12 months |Total under 1 year.
1.Small-pox----------
2.Chicken-pox----------
3.Measles----------
4.Scarlet Fever---_------
5.Whooping Cough----------
6.Diphtheria or Croup----------
7.Erysipelas----------
8.Tuberculous Meningitis----------
9.Abdominal Tuberculosis----------
10.Other Tuberc.Disease----------
11.Meningitis (non T.B.)--------11
12.Convulsions----------
13.Laryngitis----------
14.Bronchitis----------
15.Pneumonia (all forms)--1-1222-7
16.Diarrhoea----------
17.Ehteritis-----13--4
18.Gastritis----------
19.Rickets----------
20.Suffocation,overlying----------
21.Injury at Birth2---2----2
22.Atelectasis1---1----1
23.Conjenital Malformation131-5----5
24.Premature Birth52--7----7
25.Atrophy,Debility and Marasmus-----2---2
26.Pemphigus Neonatorum----------
27.Other Causes-11-22--26
TOTALS963-18752335