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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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APPENDIX
TABLES COMPARING FIGURES FOR 1938 (LAST YEAR OF
PEACE BEFORE THE WAR), THE WAR YEARS, AND 1945
OF
VITAL STATISTICS
INCIDENCE OF DISEASE
MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE
SCHOOL CLINICS
STATISTICAL TABLE OF BIRTHS AND DEATHS
| Year | Births | Deaths | Deaths of Infants under 1 year | Infantile Mortality Rate | Maternal Deaths | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Rate | No. | Rate | ||||
| 1938 | 816 | 13.3 | 671 | 11.1 | 34 | 4.2 | 4 |
| 1939 | 686 | 12.1 | 703 | 12.1 | 30 | 41 | 2 |
| 1940 | 692 | 13.3 | 813 | 15.7 | 43 | 59* | Nil |
| 1941 | 585 | 12.7 | 656 | 14.3 | 30 | 51* | Nil |
| 1942 | 787 | 16.3 | 651 | 13.5 | 53 | 67* | 2 |
| 1943 | 930 | 18.7 | 667 | 13.4 | 45 | 48 | 3 |
| 1944 | 973 | 19.9 | 718 | 14.6 | 35 | 36 | 9 |
| 1945 | 886 | 17.5 | 613 | 12.1 | 32 | 36.1 | Nil |
*Note.—The High Infantile Mortality figures for 1940, 1941
and 1942 were due to an increase in deaths from prematurity,
pneumonia and enteritis.
The figure for 1942, viz.. 67, was the highest since the
incorporation in 1932.
TUBERCULOSIS
Much stress has been laid on the increase in the number suffering from this disease and the following table gives some indication of the position in this Borough:—
| Year | New Cases | Deaths | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Respiratory | Non-Resp. | Total | Respiratory | Non-Resp. | Total | |||||
| Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | |||
| 1938 | 54 | 39 | 8 | 7 | 108 | 29 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 41 |
| 1939 | 36 | 33 | 9 | 7 | 85 | 18 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 41 |
| 1940 | 47 | 27 | 7 | 7 | 88 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 38 |
| 1941 | 52 | 25 | 3 | 3 | 83 | 23 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 42 |
| 1942 | 42 | 36 | 1 | 8 | 87 | 14 | 12 | — | 2 | 28 |
| 1943 | 52 | 29 | 3 | 5 | 89 | 25 | 11 | — | 1 | 37 |
| 1944 | 57 | 39 | 3 | 7 | 102 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 34 |
| 1945 | 46 | 41 | 9 | 6 | 106 | 18 | 11 | 3 I | 2 | 32 |
The above table shews the sex incidence. As regards the
age incidence, most of the respiratory type occurred between the
ages of 15 and 35. Most of the non-respiratory cases were
notified during the decades after 30 years.
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