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 1946 Net deaths from stated causes at various ages under one year.
Causs 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. | 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.) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
12. | Convulsions | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
13. | Laryngitis | - | - | - | - | - | -_- | -_- | - | - | - |
14. | Bronchitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
15. | Pneumonia (all forms) | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | 6 |
16. | Diarrhoea | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
17. | Enteritis | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
18. | Gastritis | - | - | - | - | - | -_- | - | - | - | - |
19. | Rickets | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
20. | Suffocation, overlying | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
21. | Injury at Birth | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
22. | Atalectasis | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 |
23. | Congenital Malformation | 4 | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | 4 |
24. | Premature Birth | 6 | 2 | - | - | 8 | - | - | - | - | 8 |
25. | Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
26. | Pemphigus Neonatorum | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
27. | Other Causes | 4 | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | 1 | 5 |
TOTALS | 18 | 2 | - | 20 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 31 | ||
Births. | Deaths. | ||||||||||
Legitimate | 1104 | Legitimate | 27 | ||||||||
Illegitimate | 61 | Illegitimate | 4 | ||||||||
Infantile Mortality Rate per 1,000 Births = 26.6. |