[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea Borough.

  • Battersea (London, England). Metropolitan Borough.
Date:
[1955]
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    14 The following table sets out the causes of death in detail. Infant Mortality, 1954. Nett Deaths from stated causes at various ages under 1 year. CAUSES OF DEATH AGE PERIODS Under 24 hours. 1-7 days. Weeks. Total under 4 weeks. Months. Total deaths under 1 year Percent¬ age of Total 1-2 2-3 3-4 1-3 3-6 6-9 9-12 M F. M F M. F. M F M F. M F M F. M. F. M F M F M. F. Pneumonia 1 1 Bronchitis 1 1 3.0 Gastritis, enteritis and diarrhœa 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 3.0 Congenital mal formations 2 1 1 3 1 1 4 1 15.2 Other defined and ill-defined diseases: 48.5 Prematurity 7 3 2 2 1 1 11 5 11 5 18.2 Other causes 3 1 4 1 1 6 100.0 Totals 9 6 3 3 1 1 1 1 15 10 2 3 1 1 1 18 16 15 6 1 1 2 25 5 1 1 1 33 M. 54.5 F.45.5 Percentage of total 45.5 18.2 3.0 3.0 6.1 75.8 15.5 3.0 3.0 3.0 100.0 There were 25 deaths of infants during the first four weeks of life (or 75.8 per cent, of the total infant deaths) as compared with 18 deaths (or 54.5 per cent.) in 1953 and a percentage for the quinquennium 1949 1953 of 60.4. Table showing Deaths of Infants under 1 day, under 1 week and under 4 weeks from 1948 to 1954. Year Under 24 hours 1 to 7 days 1 to 4 weeks Total under 4 weeks Percentage deaths under 4 weeks of total infant deaths 1949 13 13 7 33 64.7 1950 14 15 5 34 66.7 1951 8 21 3 32 61.5 1952 8 8 1 17 54.8 1953 7 8 3 18 54.5 Mean 10 13 4 27 60.4 1954 15 6 4 25 75.8