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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 1945

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

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Table: TABLE II.INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1945. Net deaths from stated causes at various ages under one year.

TABLE II.

INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1945. Net deaths from stated causes at various ages under one year.

Cause of DeathUnder 1 week1—2 weeks2—3 weeks3—4 weeksTotal under 4 weeks1—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----------
6.Diphtheria or Croup----------
7.Erysipelas----------
8.Tuberculous Meningitis----------
9.Abdominal Tuberculosis----------
10.Other Tuberculous Diseases----------
11.Meningitis (Non-T.B.)------1--1
12.Convulsions----------
13.Laryngitis----------
14.Bronchitis----------
15.Pneumonia (all forms)---112---3
16.Diarrhoea----------
17.Enteritis---3311--5
18.Gastritis----------
19.Rickets----------
20.Suffocation, overlying----------
21.Injury at Birth3---3----3
22.Atalectasis-1-_-1----1
23.Congenital Malformation1--12-11-4
24.Premature Birth631-10—---10
25.Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus----------
26.Pemphigus Neonatorum———————---
27.Other Causes—————14——5
TOTALS1041520471-32

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Births. Deaths.
Legitimate 803 Legitimate 26
Illegitimate 83 Illegitimate 6
Infantile Mortality Rate per 1,000 Births = 36.1.
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