Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1927.

  • Battersea (London, England). Metropolitan Borough.
Date:
1928
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Credit: Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1927. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    16 Measles accounted for 1 infant death during the year. The deaths from developmental diseases were 74 as compared with 72 in 1926. The next tables show the incidence of mortality from the chief diseases of infancy in the first four weeks and during the four trimesters:— Table showing Deaths of Infants under 1 day, under 1 week and under 4 weeks from 1922 to 1927. Year. Under 24 hrs. 1 to 7 days. 1 to 4 weeks. Total under 4 weeks. 1922 32 41 35 108 1923 33 21 23 77 1924 21 29 27 77 1925 25 29 35 89 1926 20 38 23 81 Total 1922-26 131 158 143 432 Mean do. 26.2 31.6 28.6 86.4 1927 29 29 22 80 Certified Causes of Death. Months 0—3. Months 3—6. Months 6—9. Months 9—12. Total. % of Total. Enceph. Lethargica — — 1 — 1 0.66 Measles — 1 — — 1 0.67 Influenza 1 — — — 1 0.67 Dysentery — — 1 — 1 0.67 Whooping Cough — 2 2 — 4 2.67 Diarrhœa and Enteritis 3 3 — 1 7 4.67 General Tuberculosis — 2 — — 2 1.33 Tuberculous Meningitis — — — 1 1 0.67 Pulmonary Tuberculosis — — — — — — Pneumonia 3 3 8 9 23 15.33 Bronchitis 2 1 — — 3 2.00 Other Respiratory Diseases — — — — — — Sarcoma — 1 — — 1 0.67 Prematurity 57 — — — 57 38.00 Marasmus 4 — 1 — 5 3.33 Icterus Neonatorum — 1 — — 1 0.67 Congenital Malformations 8 — 1 — 9 6.00 Injury at Birth 2 — — — 2 1.33 Suffocation (overlying) — — — — — — Convulsions 3 — 1 1 5 3.33 Atelectasis &Asphyxia N. 5 — — — 5 3.33 Lack of Care 3 — — — 3 2.00 Syphilis — 2 — — 2 1.33 Accident and Homicide 1 — — 2 3 2.00 Miscellaneous 4 2 7 — 13 8.67 Total 96 18 22 14 150 100.0 Percentage of Total 64.0 12.0 14.7 9.3 — 100.0