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Barnes 1946

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnes]

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Table: Table 5.—Infant Mortality during the Year 1946. Causes of death, at various ages, of infants under one year.

Table 5.—Infant Mortality during the Year 1946. Causes of death, at various ages, of infants under one year.

Causk of Death.Under 1 Week.1-2 Weeks.2-3 Weeks3-4 weeks.Total under 4W'ks1-3 Months3-6 Months.6 9 Months9-12 Months.Total under 1 YearD Htiis in the BoroughDeaths outside the Borough.Deaths in Institu'ns
Premature Birth6...l...7............7253
Congenital Malforma
tions6ll8lll...11745
Atelectasis1.........1............111
Diarrhoea and Enteritis ................11......2112
Influenza...........................111
Broncho-pneumonia...............11......2...21
Septic Meningitis...............l.........1...11
Violence.....................1...11......
All causes13l2...16433...26111514

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Infectious Diseases Mortality.
The death-rate for 1946 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, 1941 to
1945, are contrasted with the rate for 1946. 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, 1946.

Table 6.—Epidemic Diseases: Death-rate per 1,000 of the Population, 1946.

Disease.Barnes.London.England and Wales.
Small-pox——o.oo
Typhoid & Paratyphoid—o.oo0.00
Measles—0.010.00
Scarlet Fever—0.00o.oo
Whooping Cough—0.020.02
Diphtheria—0.010.01
Diarrhoea (under 2 years)0.050090.09
Zymotic Death Rate0.050.130.12