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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 1950
[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, 1950. Nett Deaths from stated causes at various ages under 1 year.
| causes of death | AGK PERIODS | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 24 hours. | 1-7 days. | Weeks. | Total under 4 weeks. | Months. | Total deaths under 1 year. | Percentage of Total | ||||||
| 1-2 | 2-3 | 3-4 | 1-3 | 3-6 | 6-9 | 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 |
| Meningococcal infections | 1 | 1 | 2.0 | |||||||||
| Other infective and parasitic diseases... | 1 | 1 | 2.0 | |||||||||
| Pneumonia | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5.9 | ||||||||
| Bronchitis | 1 1 | 1 1 | 3.9 | |||||||||
| Other diseases of the respiratory system | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2.0 | ||||||||
| Gastritis, enteritis and diarrhœa | 1 | 2 | 2 1 | 5.9 | ||||||||
| Congenital malformations | 1 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 4 | 1 | 3 4 | 13.7 | |||||
| Other defined and Refined diseases | 7 3 | 5 2 | 1 | 13 5 | 13 5 | 35.2 | ||||||
| Prematurity Other casues | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 1 | 1 1 | 7 2 | 17.6 | |||||
| Accidents | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 1 | 2 2 | 7.8 | ||||||
| Homicide | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2.0 | ||||||||
| Totals | 10 4 | 10 5 | 1 | 1 1 | 2 | 22 12 | 4 2 | 7 1 | 1 2 | 34 17 | 100.0 | |
| 14 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 34 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 51 | |||
| Percentage of total | 27.5 | 29.4 | 2.0 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 66.7 | 11.8 | 15.6 | 5.9 | 100.0 | M.66.7 F. 33.3 | |
There were 34 deaths of infants during the first four weeks of
life (or 66.7 per cent. of the total infant deaths) as compared with
33 deaths (or 64.7 per cent.) in 1949 and a percentage for the
quinquennium 1945-1949 of 54.2.