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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
Battersea 1922
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea, Metropolitan Borough of]
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The distribution of the 254 infant deaths and the infant mortality-rates, both for the registration sub-districts and for the Wards, are shown in the following table:—
| Registration Sub-Districts. | Births. | Deaths of Infants under 1 year of age. | Infant Mortality per 1,000 births. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| m. | f. | total. | |||
| East Battersea | 1,616 | 54 | 58 | 112 | 69.3 |
| North-West Battersea | 1,198 | 60 | 40 | 100 | 83.5 |
| South-West Battersea | 851 | 17 | 25 | 42 | 49.4 |
| The Borough | 3,665 | 131 | 123 | 254 | 69.3 |
| Ward. | |||||
| 1. Nine Elms | 673 | 25 | 21 | 46 | 68.4 |
| 2. Park | 492 | 17 | 24 | 41 | 83.3 |
| 3. Latchmere | 451 | 15 | 19 | 34 | 75.4 |
| 4. Shaftesbury | 279 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 68.1 |
| 5. Church | 389 | 27 | 12 | 39 | 100.3 |
| 6. Winstanley | 561 | 23 | 14 | 37 | 66.0 |
| 7. St. John | 163 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 67.5 |
| 8. Bolingbroke | 361 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 44.3 |
| 9. Broomwood | 296 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 37.2 |
The next table shows the incidence of mortality from the chief diseases of infancy in the first and second trimesters and during the ages 6 to 12 months:—
| Certified Causes of Death. | Months 0—3. | Months 3—6. | Months 6—9. | Months 9—12. | Total. | % of Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Diphtheria | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | .39 |
| Erysipelas | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | .39 |
| Measles | — | 2 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 51.2 |
| Influenza | 4 | 2 | 2 | — | 8 | 3.15 |
| Meningococcal Meningitis | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Whooping Cough | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 2.36 |
| Diarrhoea and Enteritis | 3 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 5.91 |
| Miliary Tuberculosis | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tuberculous Meningitis | — | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 2.36 |
| Abdominal Tuberculosis | — | |||||
| Pneumonia | 9 | 5 | 12 | 9 | 35 | 13.78 |
| Bronchitis | 11 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 24 | 9.45 |
| Other Respiratory Diseases | 1 | — | — | 1 | 2 | .79 |
| Sarcoma | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | .79 |
| Prematurity | 62 | — | — | — | 62 | 24.41 |
| Marasmus | 9 | 4 | 1 | — | 14 | 5.51 |
| Icterus Neonatorum | 3 | — | — | — | 3 | 1.18 |
| Congenital Malformations | 12 | 2 | — | — | 14 | 5.51 |
| Injury at Birth | 5 | — | — | — | 5 | 1.97 |
| Suffocation (overlying) | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | .39 |
| Convulsions | 6 | — | 1 | — | 7 | 2.76 |
| Atelectasis & Asphyxia N. | 13 | — | — | — | 13 | 5.12 |
| Miscellaneous | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 8.66 |
| Total | 152 | 38 | 31 | 33 | 254 | 100.00 |
| % of Total | 59.8 | 15.0 | 12.2 | 13.0 | 100.00 | — |