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Barnes 1950

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnes]

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Table: Table 5.—Infant Mortality during the Year 1950.Causes of death, at various ages, of infants under one year.

Table 5.—Infant Mortality during the Year 1950.

Causes of death, at various ages, of infants under one year.

Cause of Death.Under 1 Week1 -2 Weeks2-3 Weeks3-4 WeeksTotal under 4 w'ks1-3 Months3-6 Months6-9 Months9-12 MonthsTotal under 1 yearDeaths in the BoroughDeaths outside the Borough
Enlarged liver (Congenital)1.........1............11...
Asphyxia—Prematurity1.........1............1...1
Broncho-pneumonia......3...3............312
Congenital (Oesophageal Atresia)...............1.........1...1
Atelectasis1.........1............1...1
Prematurity2.........2............211
Convulsions—Measles........................111...
All causes5...3...81......11046

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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 thePopulation in 1950.

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

Population in 1950.

Disease.Barnes.London.England and Wales.
Typhoid Fever.00.01.00
Paratyphoid Fever.02.01.01
Meningococcal Infection.00.03.03
Scarlet Fever.651.231.50
Whooping Cough1.403.213.60
Diphtheria-.03.02
Erysipelas.09.17.17
Small-pox—--
Measles3.016.578.39
Pneumonia.31.50.70
Ac. Poliomyelitis (including Ac. Polioencephalitis) Paralytic.02.08.13
Non Paralytic-.05.05
Food Poisoning-.25.17