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Barnes 1945

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnes]

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Table: Table 5.—Infant Mortality during the Year 1945. Causes of death, at various ages, of infants under one year.

Table 5.—Infant Mortality during the Year 1945. Causes of death, at various ages, of infants under one year.

Cause of DeathUnder 1 Week.1-2 Weeks.2-3 Weeks3-4 Weeks.Total under 4 w'ksJ-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 Birth1l.....2..........2111
Congenital Malformations4...1...5l.........6154
Atelectasis3.........3l.........4133
Diarrhoea and Enteritis...............11......2...22
Bronchitis...............l.........11......
Broncho-pneumonia..................1...1211...
Intussusception..................l......1...11
Violence1.........1............11......
All causes9l1...1143...11961311

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Infectious Diseases Mortality.
The death-rate for 1945 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, 1940 to
1944, are contrasted with the rate for 1945. 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, 1945.

Table 6.—Epidemic Diseases: Death-rate per 1,000 of the Population, 1945.

Disease.Barnes.London.England and Wales.
Small-pox---
Typhoid & Paratyphoid-0.000.00
Measles-0.010.02
Scarlet Fever-0.000.00
Whooping Cough-0.020.02
Diphtheria0.03o.o10.02
Diarrhoea (under 2 years)0.060.18o.1o
Zymotic Death Rate0.090.220.16

Table: Table 7.—Zymotic Death-rate for 1945, contrasted with the Rates for the previous Five Years.

Table 7.—Zymotic Death-rate for 1945, contrasted with the Rates for the previous Five Years.

Year.Barnes.London.England and Wales.
19400.060.090.17
19410.13016.0.23
19420.060.170.16
19430.060.230.17
19440.180.20.14
19450.090.220.16