Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Brentford]
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TABLE V.
Infantile Mortality during the year 1908.
Deaths from stated causes in weeks and months under one year of age.
Cause of Death. | Under 1 Week. | 1-2 Weeks. | 2-3 Weeks. | 3-4. Weeks. | Total under 1 Month. | 1-2 Months. | 2-j Months. | 3-4 Months. | 4-5 Montns. | 5-6 Months. | 6-7 Months | 7-8 Months. | 8-9 Months. | 9-10 Months. | 10-11 Months. | 11 -12 Months. | Total Deaths under One Year. |
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All causes | |||||||||||||||||
Certified | 13 | 3 | .. | 3 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 3 | .. | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 56 | |
Uncertified | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Common Infectious Diseases— | |||||||||||||||||
Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Chicken-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Measles | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Diplitheria: including Mem branous Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Whooping Cough | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Diarrhoeal Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Diarrhoea, all forms | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 6 |
Enteritis, Muco-enteritis, Gastro-Enteritis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 9 |
Gastritis, Gastro intestinal Catarrah | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Wasting Diseases— | |||||||||||||||||
Premature Birth | 5 | 2 | .. | .. | 7 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8 |
Congenital Defects | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
Injury at Birth | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Want of Breast-milk, Starvation | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | 8 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 |
Tuberculous Diseases— | |||||||||||||||||
Tuberculous Meningitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 |
Tuberculous Peritonitis: Tabes Mesenterica | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Other Tuberculous Diseases.. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Other Causes — | |||||||||||||||||
Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Syphilis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Rickets | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Convulsions | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 4 |
Bronchitis | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 5 |
Laryngitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Pneumonia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 5 |
Suffocation, overlying | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 |
Other Causes | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Totals | 13 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 56 |
Deaths from all causes at all ages .. .. . „ 241
Population, estimated to middle of 1908 .. .. 16194