London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

View report page

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

Richmond upon Thames 1938

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Richmond]

This page requires JavaScript

Text

Copy text to clipboard

8
The corrected death rate obtained by the above is 10.7 as
compared with 11.6 for England and Wales and 11.4 for London.
The deaths occurred in persons of the following ages:—
23 under 1 year of age.
6 between 1 and 5 years of age.
5 „ 5 „ 15 „
4 „ 15 „ 25 „
44 „ 25 „ 45 „
123 „ 45 „ 65 „
193 „ 65 „ 80 „
85 „ over 80 „
It will be noticed that no fewer than 278 persons died over the
age of 65, i.e., more than half the total deaths, while 85 were deaths
of people over 80 years of age.

Table: Causes of death under 1 year of age.

Causes of death under 1 year of age.

Cause of DeathUnder 1 week1—2 weeks2—3 weeks3—4 weeksTotal under 4 weeks4 weeks and under 3 months3 months and under 6 months6 months and under 9 months9 months and under 12 monthsTotal deaths under 1 year
1. Pneumonia......1...13.........4
2. Congenital Debility and Malformation including Premature Birth82......101......112
3. Convulsions...............11......2
4. Enteritis...............111...3
5. Other defined diseases..................11...2
821...11632123

Text

Copy text to clipboard

Infantile Mortality.
This rate is calculated on the number of deaths of children under
one year of age to 1,000 live births.