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Brentford and Chiswick 1959

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

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TABLE II

INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1959 Net deaths from stated causes at various ages under one year

l 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----------------------
Measles----------------------
Scarlet Fever----------------------
Whooping Cough----------------------
Diphtheria or Croup----------------------
Erysipelas----------------------
Tuberculous Meningitis----------------------
Abdominal Tuberculosis----------------------
Other Tuberculous Diseases----------------------
Meningitis (non-T.B.)----------------------
Convulsions----------------------
Laryngitis----------------------
Bronchitis-------------1-------1
Pneumonia (all forms)1-----------1--------2
Diarrhoea----------------------
Enteritis----------------------
Gastritis----------------------
Rickets----------------------
Suffocation5--------------------5
Injury at Birth1-11--1---1-----------5
Atelectasis--1-------------------1
Congenital Malformation11-1------1----------4
Premature Birth3--------------------3
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus----------------------
Pemphigus Neonatorum----------------------
Smallpox-----------------------
Other Causes---------------1-----1
TOTALS11212-1---11-11-1-----22