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Barnes 1940

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnes]

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Table: Table 5.—Infant Mortality during the Year 1940. Causes of death, at various ages, of infants under one year.

Table 5.—Infant Mortality during the Year 1940. Causes of death, at various ages, of infants under one year.

Cause of Death.Under 1 Week.1-2 Weeks.2-3 Weeks.3-4 Weeks.Total under 4 W'ks1-3 Months.3-6 Months.6-9 Months.9-12 Months.Total under 1 YearDeaths in the BoroughDeaths outside the Borough.Deaths in Institu'ns
Premature Birth3.........31.........4...44
Congenital Malformations.........11............1...11
Injury at Birth2.........2............2...22
Diarrhoea and Enteritis.........11............11......
Pneumonia (all forms)..................1...12111
Miliary Tuberculosis.....................1...1...11
Status Thymico lymphaticus1.........1............1...11
All causes6......2811111221010

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Infectious Diseases Mortality.
The death-rate for 1940 from each of the seven principal
epidemic diseases (zymotic diseases) are given separately in Table 6,
and in Table 7, the zymotic death-rate for the five years, 1935 to
1939, are contrasted with the rate for 1940. In each of these
Tables the death-rates for London and for England and Wales are
shown for comparison.

Table: Table 6.—Epidemic Diseases: Death-rate per 1,000 of the Population, 1940.

Table 6.—Epidemic Diseases: Death-rate per 1,000 of the Population, 1940.

Disease.Barnes.London.England and Wales.
Small-pox-——
Enteric Fever—0.000.00
Measles—0.010.02
Scarlet Fever—0.000.00
Whooping Cough—0.000.02
Diphtheria0.030.010.06
Diarrhoea (under 2 years)0.030.070.07
Zymotic Death Rate0.060.090.17