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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 1946

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

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Table: TABLE II.INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1946 Net deaths from stated causes at various ages under one year.

TABLE II.

INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1946 Net deaths from stated causes at various ages under one year.

Causs 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.)----------
12.Convulsions----------
13.Laryngitis------_--_----
14.Bronchitis----------
15.Pneumonia (all forms)1---1221-6
16.Diarrhoea----------
17.Enteritis------1315
18.Gastritis------_-----
19.Rickets----------
20.Suffocation, overlying----------
21.Injury at Birth1---1----1
22.Atalectasis2---2----2
23.Congenital Malformation4---4----4
24.Premature Birth62--8----8
25.Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus----------
26.Pemphigus Neonatorum----------
27.Other Causes4---4---15
TOTALS182-20234231
Births.Deaths.
Legitimate1104Legitimate27
Illegitimate61Illegitimate4
Infantile Mortality Rate per 1,000 Births = 26.6.