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Barnes 1922
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnes]
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Vital Statistics.
The decline in the rate of Infantile Mortality in Barnes from 127 per 1000 registered births in the quinquennium 1901-1905 to 51 in the present year is shown below. The rates for London and for England and Wales are given for comparative purposes.
| Period. | Barnes. | London. | England & Wales. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1901-1905 | 139 | 138 | |
| 1906-1910 | 114 | 117 | |
| 1911 | 129 | 130 | |
| 1912 | 91 | 95 | |
| 1913 | 105 | 108 | |
| 1914 | 104 | 105 | |
| 1915 | 114 | 110 | |
| 1916 | 89 | 91 | |
| 1917 | 104 | 97 | |
| 1918 | 108 | 97 | |
| 1919 | 85 | 89 | |
| 1920 | 75 | 80 | |
| 1921 | 80 | 83 | |
| 1922 |
Compared with the Infantile Mortality rate for this District of
134 per 1000 registered births in 1904, the rate of 51 for the
present year shows a reduction of 62 per cent.
The rate of Infantile Mortality for 1922 is considerably below
the lowest rate ever recorded in the District. This exceptionally low
death-rate amongst infants is partly consequent on the fact that,
owing to the unusual wet weather that prevailed, summer
diarrhoea, a disease exceptionally fatal to infants, did not
become epidemic to any great extent. Notwithstanding this
favourable circumstance, the small number of deaths from
other causes which contribute to the infantile death-rate is
satisfactory to record.
The causes of death in infants dying under one year of age are
analysed in the accompanying table (on page 13), which shows
the distribution for age groups and for localities.
It will be observed that of the 29 deaths, 11 occurred amongst
infants belonging to Barnes and 18 amongst infants belonging to'