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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

Twickenham 1914

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Twickenham]

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Table: LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD TABLE 4.INFANT MORTALITY.Nett Deaths from stated causes at various Ages under 1 Year of Age.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD TABLE 4.

INFANT MORTALITY.

Nett Deaths from stated causes at various Ages under 1 Year of Age.

CAUSES OF DEATH.Under 1 Week.1-2 Weeks.2-3 Weeks.3-4 Weeks.Total under 1 Month.1-3 Months.3-6 months.6-9 months.9-12 Months.Total Deaths under 1 Year.
All causes.Certified126632714137162
Uncertified1.........1............1
Small-pox..............................
Chicken-pox..............................
Measles..............................
Scarlet Fever..............................
Whooping Cough..................31...4
Diphtheria and Croup..............................
Erysipelas..............................
Tuberculous Meningitis..................11...2
Abdominal Tuberculosis...............1.........1
Other Tuberculous Diseases..............................
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)..............................
Convulsions1.........1............1
Laryngitis..............................
Bronchitis..................1......1
Pneumonia (all forms)......112211...6
Diarrhoea...............121...4
Enteritis...............32218
G1stritis..............................
Syphilis..................1......1
Rickets..............................
Suffocation, overlayingl.........11.........2
Injury at Birth..............................
Atelectasis..............................
Congenital Malformationsl31...53.........8
Premature Birth71411311......15
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus11...13111...6
Other Causes21......31.........4
Totals136632814137163
Nett Births in the year, 782. Nett Deaths in the year of infants, 63.