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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 1947
[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, 1947. Nett Deaths from stated causes at various ages under 1 year.
| Causes of death | age periods. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under24 hours. | 1-7days. | Weeks. | Total under 4weeks. | Months. | Total deaths under 1year. | Percentage of Total. | |||||||||||||||||
| 1-2 | 2-3 | 3-4 | 1-3 | 3-6 | 6-9 | 9-12 | |||||||||||||||||
| Tuberculosis(Non-pulmonary) | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| 1 | 1 | — | 1.19 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Bronchitis | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10.71 | |||||||||||||||
| Pneumonia | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 11.91 | |||||||||||||
| Diarrhoea | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11.91 | |||||||||||||||
| Digestive diseases | 1 | 1 | 1.19 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Premature birth | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 16.67 | ||||||||||||
| Congenital malform ation, birth injury, infantile diseases | 4 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 27.38 | |||||||||
| Violent causes | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 10.71 | |||||||||||
| Other causes | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8.33 | |||||||||||||
| Totals | 10 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 48 | 36 | 100.00 | ||
| 12 | 19 | 6 | 1 | I | 39 | 12 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 84 | — | ||||||||||||
| Percentage of Total | 14.3 | 22.6 | 7.1 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 46.4 | 14.3 | 20.2 | 14.3 | 4.8 | — | M. 57.1 F. 42.9 | |||||||||||
There were 39 deaths of infants during the first four weeks of life
(or 46.4 per cent. of the total infant deaths) as compared with 56 deaths
lor 51.8 per cent.) in 1946 and a percentage for the quinquennium
1942-1946 of 49.8.
Table showing Deaths of Infants under 1 day, under 1 week and under 4 weeks from 1942 to 1947.
| Year | Under 24 hours | 1 to7 days | 1 to4 weeks | Total under 4 weeks | Percentage deaths under 4 weeks oftotal infant deaths |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1942 | 14 | 15 | 7 | 36 | 42.9 |
| 1943 | 17 | 14 | 15 | 46 | 52.3 |
| 1944 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 33 | 40.7 |
| 1945 | 21 | 13 | 6 | 40 | 61.5 |
| 1946 | 20 | 20 | 16 | 56 | 51.8 |
| Mean | 17 | 15 | 10 | 42 | 49.8 |
| 1947 | 12 | 19 | 8 | 39 | 46.4 |