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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 1951
[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, 1951 Nett Deaths from stated causes at various ages under 1 year.
| CAUSES OF DEATH | AGE PERIODS | ||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 24 hours. | 1-7 days. | Weeks. | Total under 4 weeks. | Months. | Total deaths under 1 year. | Percentage of Total | |||||||||||||||||
| 1-2 | 2-3 | 3-4 | 1-3 | 3-6 | 6-9 | 9-12 | |||||||||||||||||
| M | F. | M | F. | M | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F | ||
| Whooping cough | 1 | 1 | 1.9 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Meningococcal infections | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3.8 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Pneumonia... | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 17.3 | |||||||||||||||
| Gastritis, enteritis and diarrhœa | 1 | 1 | 1.9 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Congenital Malformations | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | i | 9 | 2 | 21.2 | |||||||
| Other defined and ill-defined diseases : Prematurity | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 32.8 | |||||||||||||
| Other causes | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 17.3 | ||||||||||||||
| Accidents | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 6 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 33 | 19 | 100.0 | ||||
| 8 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 32 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 52 | ||||||||||||||
| Percentage of total | 15.4 | 40.4 | 3.8 | 1.9 | 61.5 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 5.8 | 9.7 | 100.0 | M. 63.5 F. 36.5 | ||||||||||||
Table showing Deaths of Infants under 1 Day, under 1 week and under 4 weeks from 1946 TO 1951.
| Year | Under 24 hours | 1 to 7 days | 1 to 4 weeks | Total under 4 weeks | Percentage deaths under 4 weeks of total infant deaths |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1946 | 20 | 20 | 16 | 56 | 51.8 |
| 1947 | 12 | 19 | 8 | 39 | 46.4 |
| 1948 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 33 | 46.4 |
| 1949 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 33 | 64.7 |
| 1950 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 34 | 66.7 |
| Mean | 14 | 16 | 9 | 39 | 55.2 |
| 1951 | 8 | 21 | 3 | 32 | 61.5 |