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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 1947

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

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TABLE II.
INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1947

Table: Net deaths from stated causes at various ages under one year.

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--------11
5.Whooping Cough----------
6.Diphtheria or Croup----------
7.Erysipelas----------
8.Tuberculous Meningitis----------
9.Abdominal Tuberculosis----------
10.Other Tuberculous Diseases------1---
11.Meningitis (Non-T.B.)---------
12.Convulsions----------_
13.Laryngitis-------1-1
14.Bronchitis-----111-3
15.Pneumonia (all forms)--1-1431-9
16.Diarrhœa----------
17.Enteritis-----3--14
18.Gastritis----------
19.Rickets----------
20.Suffocation, overlying--1-1--1-2
21.Injury at Birth----------
22.Atalectasis5---5----5
23.Congenital Malformation2---21---3
24.Premature Birth8--191---10
25.Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus----------
26.Pemphigus Neonatorum----------
27.Other Causes3---3----3
TOTALS18-21211054242

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Births. Deaths.
Legitimate 1090 Legitimate 38
Illegitimate 57 Illegitimate 4
Infantile Mortality Rate per 1,000 Births = 36.6.
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