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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 1949
[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, 1949. 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. | Percen tage of Total. | |||||||||||||||||
| 1-2 | 2-3 | 3-4 | 1-3 | 3-6 | 0-9 | 9-12 | |||||||||||||||||
| Whooping Cough | M. | f. | M. | f. | M. | F. | M. | f. | M. | f. | M. | f. | M. | F. | M. | f. | M. | f. | M. | f. | M. | F. | 2.0 |
| 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bronchitis | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Pneumonia | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 11.8 | ||||||||||||
| Diarrhoea | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3.9 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Premature birth | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 23.4 | ||||||||||||
| Congenital malformation, birth injury, infantile diseases | 6 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 49.0 | |||||||||
| Violent causes | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5.9 | ||||||||||||||||
| Other causes | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 8 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 31 | 20 | 100.0 | ||
| 13 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 33 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 51 | ||||||||||||||
| Percentage of Total | 25.5 | 25.5 | 3.9 | 5.9 | 3.9 | 64.7 | 15.7 | 13.7 | 5.9 | 100.0 | M. 60.8 | ||||||||||||
| F. 39.2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
There were 33 deaths of infants during the first four weeks of
life (or 64.7 per cent. of the total infant deaths) as compared with
33 deaths (or 46.4 per cent.) in 1948 and a percentage for the quinquennium
1944-1948 of 49.4.
Table showing Deaths of Infants under 1 day, under 1 week and under 4 weeks from 1944 to 1949.
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 1948 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 33 | 46.4 |
| Mean | 16 | 15 | 9 | 40 | 49.4 |
| 1949 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 33 | 64.7 |