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London County Council 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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The deaths among infants under one year of age in age groups from the causes included in the above table are shown by sex and according to legitimacy in the following table :— Table 6.—County of London—Infant Mortality, 1935.
| Cause of death | Age at death | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 4 weeks | 4 weeks to 3 months | 3 months to 6 months | 6 months to 9 months | 9 months to 1 year | Number | Males | Females | ||
| Measles Leg. | _ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | |
| Illeg. | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Whooping cough Leg. | 1 | 16 | 23 | 35 | 18 | 93 | 46 | 47 | |
| Illeg. | — | — | 4 | 2 | — | 6 | 3 | 3 | |
| Influenza Leg. | — | 1 | ' 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 8 | — | |
| Illeg. | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Tuberculosis Leg. | — | 2 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 29 | 15 | 14 | |
| Illeg. | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Bronchitis Leg. | 7 | 28 | 25 | 19 | 10 | 89 | 48 | 41 | |
| Illeg. | 1 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 7 | |
| Pneumonia Leg. | 54 | 123 | 144 | 98 | 83 | 502 | 301 | 201 | |
| Illeg. | 3 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 44 | 27 | 17 | |
| Diarrhoea Leg. | 22 | 110 | 194 | 130 | 64 | 520 | 316 | 204 | |
| Illeg. | 1 | 34 | 26 | 6 | 5 | 72 | 42 | 30 | |
| Premature birth Leg. | 657 | 47 | 6 | 1 | 711 | 428 | 283 | ||
| Illeg. | 66 | 9 | 1 | — | — | 76 | 45 | 31 | |
| Congenital defects Leg. | 196 | 89 | 46 | 14 | 6 | 351 | 195 | 156 | |
| Illeg. | 19 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 33 | 17 | 16 | |
| Other causes Leg. | 280 | 93 | 96 | 63 | 40 | 572 | 354 | 218 | |
| Illeg. | 69 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 98 | 59 | 39 | |
| All Causes | (Leg. M. | 728 | 296 | 328 | 220 | 142 | 2,879 | 1,714 | 1,165 |
| F. | 489 | 214 | 219 | 157 | 86 | ||||
| Illeg. M. | 92 | 45 | 39 | 18 | 11 | 350 | 205 | 145 | |
| F. | 67 | 26 | 31 | 12 | 9 | ||||
| Total, 1935 | 1,376 | 581 | 617 | 407 | 248 | 3,229 | 1,919 | 1,310 | |
| Total, 1934 | 1,404 | 723 | 717 | 550 | 438 | 3,832 | 2,151 | 1,681 | |
| 1934 | Leg. M. | 707 | 346 | 366 | 294 | 229 | 3,434 | 1,942 | 1,492 |
| F. | 539 | 274 | 277 | 221 | 181 | ||||
| Illeg. M. | 77 | 54 | 47 | 15 | 16 | 398 | 209 | 189 | |
| F. | 81 | 49 | 27 | 20 | 12 | ||||
Migration
1841-1931
The effect of intercensal movement upon the age distribution of the population
enumerated in successive census years has been discussed in earlier reports particularly
in that for 1913 (Vol. III, pp. 2-5), where the effect of such movements upon
the age-distribution of the London population north and south of the Thames was contrasted,
and the population moving into London was compared, as to age and sex,
with that moving outward. The census of 1931 did not contain the necessary information
for a similar discussion for the period 1921-30, but a series of life-tables
contained in the Annual Report for 1923 (Vol. III, pp. 10-14) enables the intercensal
movement to be shown, with a reasonable degree of accuracy, for the past
90 years. Further, by means of a formula devised by Mr. C. A. Gould, M.C., B.Sc.,
of my department, more accurate figures relating to the balance of inward and
outward inter-censal movement at various ages may be calculated for recent periods.
The results are discussed in the subjoined notes by Mr. Gould.
An attempt has been made to assess the net result of the migration that has
occurred by ages in the County of London during each intercensal period since the year 1841.