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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Barnes 1948

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnes]

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Table: Table 5.—Infant Mortality during the Year 1948. Causes of death, at various ages, of infants under one year.

Table 5.—Infant Mortality during the Year 1948. Causes of death, at various ages, of infants under one year.

Caiikh of DeathUnder 1 Week.1-2 Weeks.2-3 Weeks.3-4 tteeks.Total under 4W'ksJ-3 Months3-6 Months6-9 Months.9-12 Months.Total under 1 YearDeaths in the BroughDeaths outside the Borough.Deaths in Institu'ns
Premature Birth3.........3............3...32
Congenital Malformations..................1......1l......
Injury at Birth1.........1............1...11
Atelectasis11......2............2...22
Marasmus1.........1............11......
Broncho-pneumonia...............l...1...2l11
Violence1.........1...1......22......
All causes71......8121...12576

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PREVALENCE OF, AND CONTROL OVER, INFECTIOUS
DISEASES.
Incidence of Notifiable Infectious Diseases.
Comparison between the incidence of certain of the notifiable
infectious diseases in Barnes, and in London and England and
Wales, is shown below:—

Table: Table 6.—Infectious Diseases: Incidence per 1,000 of the Population in 1948.

Table 6.—Infectious Diseases: Incidence per 1,000 of the Population in 1948.

Disease.Barnes.London.England and Wales.
Typhoid Fever-0.000.01
Paratyphoid Fever—0.010.01
Cerebro-spinal Fever—0030.03
Scarlet Fever0.741.371.73
Whooping Cough1.383.133.42
Diphtheria0.070.100.08
Erysipelas0.250.220.21
Small-pox———
Measles3.899.179.34
Pneumonia0.500.570.73
Acute Poliomyelitis0.100.040.04
Acute Polioencephalitis—0.000.00