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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
Battersea 1948
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea Borough]
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The following table sets out the causes of death in detail.
Infant Mortality, 1948.
Nett Deaths from stated causes at various ages under 1 year.
| CAUSES OF DEATH. | AGE PERIODS. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 24 hours. | 1-7 days. | Weeks. | Total under 4 weeks. | Months. | Total deaths under 1 year. | Percent tage of Total | |||||||||||||||||
| 1-2 | 2-3 | 3-4 | 1-3 | 3-6 | 6-9 | 9-12 | |||||||||||||||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | 1.4 | |
| Cerebro Spinal Fever | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Whooping Cough | 2 | 2 | 2.8 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Tuberculosis (Non-pulmonary) | 2 | 2 | 2.8 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Bronchitis | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5.6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Pneumonia | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 24.0 | |||||||||
| Diarrhoea | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8.4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Digestive diseases | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Premature birth | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 22.6 | |||||||||||
| Congenital malformation, birth inj ury, infantile diseases | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 22.6 | ||||||||||
| Violent causes | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Other causes | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 8 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 43 | 28 | 100.0 | |||
| 14 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 33 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 71 | ||||||||||||||
| Percentage of Total | 19.7 | 16.9 | 8.4 | 1.4 | 46.4 | 19.7 | 19.7 | 11.4 | 2.8 | 100.0 | M.60.6 F.39.4 | ||||||||||||
There were 33 deaths of infants during the first four weeks of
life (or 46.4 per cent. of the total infant deaths) as compared with
39 deaths (or 46-4 per cent.) in 1947 and a percentage for the quinquennium
1943-1947 of 50.5.
Table showing Deaths of Infants under 1 day, under 1 week aNP under 4 weeks from 1943 to 1948.
| Year | Under 24 hours | 1 to 7 days | 1 to 4 weeks | Total under 4 weeks | Percentage deaths under 4 weeks of total infant deaths |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1943 | 17 | 14 | 15 | 46 | 52.3 |
| 1944 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 33 | 40.7 |
| 1945 | 21 | 13 | 6 | 40 | 61.5 |
| 1946 | 20 | 20 | 16 | 56 | 51.8 |
| 1947 | 12 | 19 | 8 | 39 | 46.4 |
| Mean | 16 | 16 | 11 | 43 | 50.5 |
| 1948 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 33 | 46.4 |