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Battersea 1953

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea Borough]

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Causes of Death, 1953–(contd.).

Causes of Death.Sex.All Ages.0–1–5–15–25–45–65–75–
20. Other heart diseaseM.118––––2122480
f.160––––41124121
21. Other circulatory diseaseM.28–––––6715
f.46––––261127
22.InfluenzaM.9––––126–
f.11–––––425
23.PneumoniaM.431––––101616
f.4041–––4922
24.BronchitisM.96––––2334120
F.451–––181520
25.Other diseases of respiratory systemM.11––1–2422
f.5–1––––13
26.Ulcer of stomach and duodenumM12––––1461
f.5–––––113 1
27.Gastritis, enteritis and diarrhœaM.94– .–––4
F.42–––––11
28.Nephritis and nephrosisM.61–––1121
f.3––––1––2
29.Hyperplasia of prostateM.9–––––135
F.–––––––––
30.Pregnancy, childbirth, abortionM.–––––––––
F.1–––1––––
31.Congenital malformationsM.22–––––––
f.4–2––11––
32.Other defined and ill-defined diseasesM.41812–28119
f.5163–349323
33.Motor vehicle accidentsM.4–––211––
f.7––1–––42
34.All other accidentsM151––193–1
f.61––––113
25.SuicideM.4–––––211
F.7–––1–51–
36.Homicide and operations of warM.1–––––1––
f.1–––––1––

Infant Mortality.
. During 1953 the deaths of 33 infants under 1 year of age were
registered as belonging to Battersea. The total number of live births
registered during the year was 1,778 giving an infant mortality rate
18.56 per 1,000 live births as compared with 17.56 in 1952 and
27.57 in 1951.
The infant mortality rates in the County of London and in England
and Wales during 1953 were 24.8 and 26.8, respectively.