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Brentford and Chiswick 1952

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

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Table: TABLE IIINFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1952 Net deaths from stated causes at various ages under one year

TABLE II

INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1952 Net deaths from stated causes at various ages under one year

Under 1 day1 day2 days3 days4 days5 days6 days7-14 days14 - 21 days21 - 28 days1-2 months2 months3 months4 months5 months6 months7 months8 months9 months10 months11 - 12 monthsTotal under 1 yr
Chicken Pox--------—---—----v ----
Measles-——-------------------
Scarlet Fever------------—---------
Whooping Cough Diphtheria----------------------
or Croup-----—---—--———---—--
Erysipelas—-----------—-—-------
Tuberculous----
Meningitis-•---—-——---—-——------
Abdominal---
Tuberculosis-------------—--—-----
Other Tuberculous Diseases----------------------
Meningitis (non-T.B.)----------------1----1
Convulsions-----—------—---------
Laryngitis--—-----------—--—----
Bronchitis-—------------—------
Pneumonia (all forms)----------2—1--------3
Diarrhoea--------—----——-------
Enteritis-----—-------—-—------
Gastritis----------------------
Rickets----—-----------------
Suffocation-------------1-—-----1
Injury at Birth1------------—-------1
Atelectasis-----------—----------
Congenital Malformation2--------------------3
Premature Birth22----1--------------5
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus----------------------
Pemphigus Neonatorum----------------------
Smallpox---------------------1
Other Causes--------1-------------
TOTALS52----1-1-3-11--1----15