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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

Chiswick 1908

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chiswick]

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Table: TABLE V. CHISWICK URBAN DISTRICT.Infantile Mortality during the Year 1908.

TABLE V. CHISWICK URBAN DISTRICT.

Infantile Mortality during the Year 1908.

CAUSE OF DEATH.Under 1 week.1-2 weeks.2-3 weeks.3-4 weeks.Total under 1 month.1-2 months.2-3 months.3-4 months.4-5 months.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.
All Causes.Certified
Uncertified
Common Infectious Diseases.Small-pox...................................................
Chicken-pox...................................................
Measles....................................1.........1
Scarlet Fever...................................................
Diphtheria: Croup...................................................
Whooping Cough.....................31111.........18
Diarrhœal Diseases.Diarrhoea, all forms.........113...1......21.........19
Enteritis, Muco-enteritis, Gastro-enteritis...1...12...1......11......11...7
Gastritis, Gastro-intestinal Catarrh...................................................
Wasting Diseases.Premature Birth8...2111......1........................12
Congenital Defects1.........1.................................1
Injury at Birth...................................................
Want of Breast-milk...................................................
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus.........11......21..................15
Tuberculous. Diseases.Tuberculous Meningitis..................1...1......11.........4
Tuberculous Peritonitis: Tabes Mesenterica...................................................
Other Tuberculous Diseases.............................................11
Erysipelas......1...1......1........................2
Syphilis...................................................
Rickets...................................................
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)...........................1.........1......2
Convulsions311...51...211111...1...14
Bronchitis...11...2...1.........2...1...1...7
Laryngitis...................................................
Pneumonia......11211...1...212...3215
Suffocation, overlaying...............1..............................1
Other Causes2...1...31.........1...............27
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District or Sub-division of Brentford (Chiswick).
Births in the year
Legitimate 879
Illegitimate 19
Population estimated to middle of 1908 36,377
Deaths from all causes at all ages 443