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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 1952

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnes]

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Table: Table 5.—Infant Mortality during the Year 1952. Causes of death, at various ages, of infants under one year.

Table 5.—Infant Mortality during the Year 1952. Causes of death, at various ages, of infants under one year.

Cause of DeathUnder 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 Borough
Anencephaly1......1........1..1
Prematurity1......1........1..1
Intracranial Haemorrhage—
Prematurity1......1........1..1
Prematurity and congenital megalo colon (operation)1......1........1..1
Prematurity1......1........1..1
Asphyxia—
Atelectasis Toxic hepatitis1......1........1..1
Multiple congenital defects1......1........1..1
Prematurity1......1........1..1
Congenital Heart disease (patent inter ventricular septum)..1....1........1..1
Pyelonephritis Meningocele..................1..1
Bilateral subdural hæmatoma..............1..1..1
Acute superative bronchitis..........1......11..
Drowning in River Thames1......1........11..
All causes91....102..1..13211

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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 on next page.