London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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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: Deaths of Infants under One Year of Age.

Deaths of Infants under One Year of Age.

TotalM aleFemale
Legitimate271611
Illegitimate422
TOTAL311813

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Death Rate of all infants per 1,000 live births 26.6
Death Rate of all legitimate infants per 1,000
legitimate live births 24.4
Death Rate of all illegitimate infants per 1,000
illegitimate live Births 65.5
Deaths from Measles (all ages) -
Deaths from Whooping Cough (all ages) 1
Deaths from Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) 5
Deaths from Cancer (all ages) 109
Deaths from the seven principal Zymotic Diseases 6
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