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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

Heston and Isleworth 1914

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Heston and Isleworth]

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The following table gives the result of investigations made
into 68 of the infant deaths:—

Table: The largest number of Infant deaths (17) occurred during September, when the incidence of Diarrhœal diseases was greatest and the smallest number (5) during May and June.

The largest number of Infant deaths (17) occurred during September, when the incidence of Diarrhœal diseases was greatest and the smallest number (5) during May and June.

Disease.Number of Deaths.Natural Feeding.Artificial Feeding.Nurse Child.Poor Home.Previous death from same cause in family.Mother working during Pregnancy.Tube-bottle used.Unvisited.
Bronchial Diseases17510...46l...2
Diarrhoea, Malnutrition, etc.16...15l253...1
Prematurity, etc.1721..............8
Whooping Cough1.....................1
Convulsions211..................
Tubercular Enteritis1.....................1
Suffocation22......1...1......
Other Causes1244.........3...2
Total68143117118...15

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The largest number of Infant deaths were those arising from
Premature Causes, as was the case last year. It is probable that
one of the causes, already referred to, which operates to produce
this result is capable of mitigation.
The most readily preventable of these causes of death is that
from Diarrbœal and Nutritional diseases, and from this table it