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Barnes 1947

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnes]

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Table: Table 5.—Infant Mortality during the Year 1947.Causes of death, at various ages, of infants under one year.

Table 5.—Infant Mortality during the Year 1947.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 4W'ks1-3 Months.3-6 Months.6-9 Months.9-12 Months.Total under 1 YearDeaths in the BoroughDeaths outside the Borough.Deathe in Institu'ns
Premature Birth Congenital Malforma51......6............6154
tions31......4......1...7166
Atelectasis2.........2............2111
Marasmus...1......1............1l......
Diarrhoea and Enteritis.....................1...11......
Intra-cranial haemorrhage11......2............2...21
Broncho-pneumonia...11...211......4222
Bronchitis...1......1............11......
Otitis media...1......1............1...11
Violence1.........1............11......
All causes1271...20312...2691715

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Infectious Diseases Mortality.
The death-rate for 1947 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, 1942 to
1946, are contrasted with the rate for 1947. In each of these
Tables the death-rates for London and for England and Wales are
shown for comparison.

Table: Table 6.—EpidemicDiseases: Death-rate per1,000of thePopulation, 1947.

Table 6.—EpidemicDiseases: Death-rate per1,000of thePopulation, 1947.

Disease.Barnes.London.England and Wales.
Small-pox-—0.00
Typhoid & Paratyphoid—0.000.00
Measles—0.010.01
Scarlet Fever—0.000.00
Whooping Cough—0.020.02
Diphtheria—0.010.01
Diarrhoea (under 2 years)0.070.090.12
Zymotic Death Rate0.070.130.16