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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 1926
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnes]
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| Cause of Death. | Under 1 Week. | 1-2 Weeks. | 2-3 Weeks. | 3-4 Weeks. | Total under 4 Weeks. | 1-3 Months. | 3-6 Months. | 6-9 Months. | 9-12 Months. | Total under 1 Year. | Barnes. | Mortlake. | Deaths in the Urban District. | Deaths outside the Urban District. | Deaths in Institutes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small-pox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Chicken-pox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Measles | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Scarlet Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Whooping Cough | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Diptheria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Erysipelas | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tuberculous Meningitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Abdominal Tuberculosis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Other Tuberculous Disease | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Convulsions | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Laryngitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bronchitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pneumonia (all forms) | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Diarrhcea and Enteritis | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Gastritis | |||||||||||||||
| Syphilis | — | — | — | — | — | -_ | -_ | -_ | -_ | -_ | -_ | -_ | - | - | - |
| Rickets | — | — | — | — | -_ | — | -_ | -_ | -_ | -_ | -__ | - | -_ | - | - |
| Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus | 2 | 2 | - | - | 4 | 1 | - | - | - | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2. | 1 |
| Premature Birth | 5 | — | — | — | 5 | 1 | 1 | -_ | -_ | 7 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 |
| Congenital Malformations | 4 | - | - | - | 4 | - | 1 | - | - | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| Injury at Birth | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | -__ | 1 | -_ | 1 | 1 | -_ | - |
| Atelectasis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Suffocation (overlaying) | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Violence | 2 | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | <> | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - |
| Other causes | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| All causes | 14 | 3 | - | — | 17 | 5 | 3 | — | 2 | 27 | 14 | 13 | 16 | 11 | 9 |
Nett Births in the Year: Total Births, 542; Legitimate, 520; illegitimate,
22.
Nett Deaths (under 1 year): Total Deaths, 27; Legitimate Infants, 21;
Illegitimate Infants, 6.
Infantile Mortality Rate: Total, 50 ; Legitimate, 40 ; Illegitimate, 273.