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 1927
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Measles accounted for 1 infant death during the year. The
deaths from developmental diseases were 74 as compared with 72
in 1926.
The next tables show the incidence of mortality from the chief
diseases of infancy in the first four weeks and during the four
trimesters:—
Table showing Deaths of Infants under 1 day, under 1 week
and under 4 weeks from 1922 to 1927.
Year. | Under 24 hrs. | 1 to 7 days. | 1 to 4 weeks. | Total under 4 weeks. | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1922 | 32 | 41 | 35 | 108 | |||||
1923 | 33 | 21 | 23 | 77 | |||||
1924 | 21 | 29 | 27 | 77 | |||||
1925 | 25 | 29 | 35 | 89 | |||||
1926 | 20 | 38 | 23 | 81 | |||||
Total 1922-26 | 131 | 158 | 143 | 432 | |||||
Mean do. | 26.2 | 31.6 | 28.6 | 86.4 | |||||
1927 | 29 | 29 | 22 | 80 | |||||
Enceph. Lethargica | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 0.66 | |||
Measles | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 0.67 | |||
Influenza | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 0.67 | |||
Dysentery | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 0.67 | |||
Whooping Cough | — | 2 | 2 | — | 4 | 2.67 | |||
Diarrhœa and Enteritis | 3 | 3 | — | 1 | 7 | 4.67 | |||
General Tuberculosis | — | 2 | — | — | 2 | 1.33 | |||
Tuberculous Meningitis | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 0.67 | |||
Pulmonary Tuberculosis | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
Pneumonia | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 23 | 15.33 | |||
Bronchitis | 2 | 1 | — | — | 3 | 2.00 | |||
Other Respiratory Diseases | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
Sarcoma | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 0.67 | |||
Prematurity | 57 | — | — | — | 57 | 38.00 | |||
Marasmus | 4 | — | 1 | — | 5 | 3.33 | |||
Icterus Neonatorum | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 0.67 | |||
Congenital Malformations | 8 | — | 1 | — | 9 | 6.00 | |||
Injury at Birth | 2 | — | — | — | 2 | 1.33 | |||
Suffocation (overlying) | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
Convulsions | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3.33 | |||
Atelectasis &Asphyxia N. | 5 | — | — | — | 5 | 3.33 | |||
Lack of Care | 3 | — | — | — | 3 | 2.00 | |||
Syphilis | — | 2 | — | — | 2 | 1.33 | |||
Accident and Homicide | 1 | — | — | 2 | 3 | 2.00 | |||
Miscellaneous | 4 | 2 | 7 | — | 13 | 8.67 | |||
Total | 96 | 18 | 22 | 14 | 150 | 100.0 | |||
Percentage of Total | 64.0 | 12.0 | 14.7 | 9.3 | — | 100.0 |