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Barnes 1941
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnes]
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Table 5.—Infant Mortality during the Year 1941. 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'ks | 1-3 Months. | 3-6 Months. | 6-9 Months. | 9-12 Months. | Total under 1 Year | Deaths in the Borough | Deaths outside the Borough. | Deaths in Institu'ns |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Premature Birth | 9 | 1 | l | . | 11 | . | . | . | . | 1 11 | 7 | 4 | 4 |
| Congenital Malformations | 3 | 1 | l | 5 | . | . | . | . | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | |
| Marasmus | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | . |
| Diarrhoea and Enteritis | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Whooping Cough | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Violence | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| All causes | 14 | 2 | 2 | . | 18 | 3 | . | . | 3 | 24 | 14 | 10 | 11 |
Infectious Diseases Mortality.
The death-rate for 1941 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, 1936 to
1940, are contrasted with the rate for 1941. In each of these
Tables the death-rates for London and for England and Wales are
shown for comparison.
Table 6.—Epidemic Diseases: Death-rate per 1,000 of the Population, 1941.
| Disease. | Barnes. | London. | England and Wales. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small-pox | — | — | — |
| Enteric Fever | — | 0.01 | 0.00 |
| Measles | — | 0.02 | 0.03 |
| Scarlet Fever | — | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Whooping Cough | 0.03 | 0.04 | 0.06 |
| Diphtheria | — | 0.03 | 0.07 |
| Diarrhoea (under 2 years) | 0.10 | 0.06 | 0.07 |
| Zymotic Death Rate | 0.13 | 0.16 | 0.23 |
Table 7.—Zymotic Death-rate for 1941, contrasted with the Rates for the previous Five Years.
| Year. | Barnes. | London. | England and Wales. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1936 | 012 | 0.48 | 0.30 |
| 1937 | — | 0.29 | 0.23 |
| 1938 | 0.20 | 0.33 | 0.23 |
| 1939 | 0.03 | 0.16 | 0.17 |
| 1940 | 0.06 | 0.09 | 0.17 |
| 1941 | 0.13 | 0.16 | 0.23 |