[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnes] page 12

Barnes 1942

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnes]

This page requires JavaScript

Table: Table 5.—Infant Mortality during the Year 1942.Causes of death, at various ages, of infants under one year.

Download table as:

Table 5.—Infant Mortality during the Year 1942.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	6	...	1	1	8	...	...	...	...	8	l	7	6
Congenital Malformations	2	...	...	1	3	2	1	...	...	6	4	2	2
Diarrhoea and Enteritis	...	...	...	1	1	...	...	...	...	1	...	1	1
Bronchitis	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	1	...	1	1
Broncho-pneumonia	1	...	...	3	4	...	...	...	...	4	...	4	4
Violence	3	...	...	...	3	...	...	...	...	3	3	...	...
All causes	12	...	1	6	19	2	1	1	...	23	9	14	13

Text

Copy text to clipboard

Infectious Diseases Mortality.
The death-rate for 1942 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, 1937 to
1941, are contrasted with the rate for 1942. 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, 1942.

Download table as:

Table 6.—Epidemic Diseases: Death-rate per 1,000 of the Population, 1942.

Disease.	Barnes.	London.	England and Wales.
Small-pox	—	-	-
Enteric Fever	—	0.00	0.00
Measles	—	0.01	0.01
Scarlet Fever	—	0.00	0.00
Whooping Cough	0.03	0.04	0.02
Diphtheria	—	0.02	0.05
Diarrhoea (under 2 years)	0.03	0.10	0.08
Zymotic Death Rate	0.06	0.17	0.16

Table: Table 7.—Zymotic Death-rate for 1942, contrasted with the Rates for the previous Five Years.

Download table as:

Table 7.—Zymotic Death-rate for 1942, contrasted with the Rates for the previous Five Years.

Year.	Barnes.	London.	England and Wales.
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
1942	0.06	0.17	0.16

London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

View report page

Barnes 1942

Table: Table 5.—Infant Mortality during the Year 1942.Causes of death, at various ages, of infants under one year.

Text

Table: Table 6.—Epidemic Diseases: Death-rate per 1,000 of the Population, 1942.

Table: Table 7.—Zymotic Death-rate for 1942, contrasted with the Rates for the previous Five Years.