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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 1954
[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, 1954. 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 age 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. | ||
| Pneumonia | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Bronchitis | 1 | 1 | 3.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Gastritis, enteritis and diarrhœa | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3.0 | |||||||||||||||
| Congenital malformations | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 15.2 | ||||||||||||||
| Other defined and ill-defined diseases: | 48.5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Prematurity | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 18.2 | ||||||||||||
| Other causes | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 100.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 9 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 16 | ||||||
| 15 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 33 | M. 54.5 F.45.5 | ||||||||||||
| Percentage of total | 45.5 | 18.2 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 6.1 | 75.8 | 15.5 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 100.0 | ||||||||||||
There were 25 deaths of infants during the first four weeks of life
(or 75.8 per cent, of the total infant deaths) as compared with 18 deaths
(or 54.5 per cent.) in 1953 and a percentage for the quinquennium 19491953
of 60.4.
Table showing Deaths of Infants under 1 day, under 1 week and under 4 weeks from 1948 to 1954.
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1949 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 33 | 64.7 |
| 1950 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 34 | 66.7 |
| 1951 | 8 | 21 | 3 | 32 | 61.5 |
| 1952 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 17 | 54.8 |
| 1953 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 18 | 54.5 |
| Mean | 10 | 13 | 4 | 27 | 60.4 |
| 1954 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 25 | 75.8 |