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Battersea 1963
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea Borough]
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Cancer Deaths
During 1963 the number of deaths of Battersea residents from
cancer was 234 (121 males, 113 females), as compared with 247 in 1962.
The death rate from the disease per 1,000 of the population was 2.27.
The deaths from cancer constitute 18.2 per cent, of the total Battersea
deaths during the year.
The following gives the comparative average death rates from cancer in Battersea for quinquennial periods since 1901.
| 1901-1905 | 0.88 | 1931-1935 | 1.75 | 1960 | 2.45 |
| 1906-1910 | 0.95 | 1936-1940 | 1.99 | 1961 | 2.36 |
| 1911-1915 | 1941-1945 | 2.44 | 1962 | 2.38 | |
| 1916-1920 | 1946-1950 | 2.11 | 1963 | 2.27 | |
| 1921-1925 | 1.33 | 1951-1955 | 2.07 | ||
| 1926-1930 | 1.51 | 1956-1960 | 2.29 |
Details in age groups and the location of this disease will
be found on page 12.
Infant Mortality.
During 1963 the death of 47 infants under 1 year of age were
registered as belonging to Battersea. The total number of live births
registered during the year was 2,361, giving an infant mortality rate
of 19.91 per 1,000 live births as compared with 20.59 in 1962 and
21.41 in 1961.
The infant mortality rate in England and Wales during 1963
was 20.9.
The following table sets out the causes of death in detail.
Infant Mortality, 1963. Nett deaths from stated causes at various ages under 1 year.
| CAUSES OF DEATH | AGE PERIODS | ||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under24hours | 1-6 days | Weeks | Total under 4 weeks | Months | Total deaths under 1 year | Percentage of Total | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 1-3 | 4-6 | 7-9 | 10-11 | |||||||||||||||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | m. | F. | m. | F. | m. | F. | m. | F. | m. | F. | m. | F. | m. | F. | m. | F. | m. | F. | ||
| Meningococcal septicaemia | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2.1 |
| Pneumonia | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | l | 4 | 2 | — | 2 | — | — | — | 6 | 4 | |
| Bronchitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | |
| Gastritis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2.1 | ||
| Congenital malformations | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 3 | 4 | 14.9 |
| Other defined and ill-defined diseases:— | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Prematurity | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .— | — | 1 | — | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7 | 6 | ||
| Other causes | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 5 | 4 | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 7 | 5 | 25.5 |
| Accident | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | |
| 6 | 6 | 5 | 3 | l | 2 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 2 | — | — | — | 24 | 23 | 100.0 | |
| TOTALS | 12 | 8 | 3 | — | 2 | 25 | 9 | 11 | 2 | — | 47 | ||||||||||||
| Percentage of total | 25.5 | 170 | 6.4 | — | 4.3 | 53.2 | 19.1 | 23.4 | 4.3 | — | 100.0 | M.51.1 | |||||||||||
| F.48.9 | |||||||||||||||||||||||