Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1923
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Registration Sub-Districts. Births. Deaths of Infants under 1 year of age. Infant Mortality per 1,000 births.
Registration Sub-Districts. | Births. | Deaths of Infants under 1 year of age. | Infants Mortality per 1000 births. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
M. | F. | TOTAL | |||
East Battersea | 1,626 | 46 | 51 | 97 | 59.7 |
North-West Battersea | 1,072 | 31 | 24 | 55 | 51.3 |
South-West Battersea | 736 | 11 | 7 | 18 | 24.5 |
The Borough | 3,434 | 88 | 82 | 170 | 49.5 |
Ward. | |||||
1. Nine Elms | 684 | 24 | 21 | 45 | 65.8 |
2. Park | 471 | 10 | 13 | 23 | 48.8 |
3. Latchmere | 407 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 51.6 |
4. Shaftesbury | 291 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 72.2 |
5. Church | 380 | 14 | 4 | 18 | 47.4 |
6. Winstanley | 494 | 9 | 15 | 24 | 48.6 |
7. St. John | 156 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 25.6 |
8. Bolingbroke | 286 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 28.0 |
9. Broomwood | 265 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 22.6 |
The next table shows the incidence of mortality from the chief diseases of infancy in the first and second trimesters and during the ages 6 to 12 months:—
Certified Causes of Death. | Months 0—3. | Months 3—6. | Months 6—9. | Months 9—12. | Total. | % of Total. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Scarlet Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Diphtheria | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | .59 |
Erysipelas | 2 | — | — | — | 2 | 1.18 |
Measles | — | — | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2.94 |
Influenza | — | — | -— | 1 | 1 | .59 |
Meningococcal Meningitis | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | .59 |
Whooping Cough | 2 | 2 | — | 2 | 6 | 3.53 |
Diarrhoea and Enteritis | 5 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 10.59 |
Miliary Tuberculosis | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | .59 |
Tuberculous Meningitis | — | 1 | — | 2 | 3 | 1.76 |
Pulmonary Tuberculosis | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | .59 |
Pneumonia | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 8.24 |
Bronchitis | 6 | 3 | — | — | 9 | 5.29 |
Other Respiratory | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Diseases | ||||||
Nephritis | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | .59 |
Prematurity | 45 | — | — | — | 45 | 26.47 |
Marasmus | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 5.29 |
Icterus Neonatorum | 1 | 1 | — | — | 2 | 1.18 |
Congenital Malformations | 8 | 1 | — | 2 | 10 | 5.88 |
Injury at Birth | 4 | — | — | — | 2.35 | |
Suffocation (overlying) | — | — | — | — | — | |
Convulsions | 4 | — | — | — | 4 | 2.35 |
Atelectasis & Asphyxia N. | 10 | — | — | — | 10 | 5.88 |
Miscellaneous | 14 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 13.53 |
Total | 107 | 25 | 17 | 21 | 170 | 100.00 |
% of Total | 62.9 | 14.7 | 10.0 | 12.4 | 100.0 | — |