[Report 1947] / Medical Officer of Health, Ince-in-Makerfield U.D.C.
- Ince-in-Makerfield (England). Urban District Council.
- Date:
- 1947
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1947] / Medical Officer of Health, Ince-in-Makerfield U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Subjoined is a Table showing the causes of the Deaths among Infants under one year of age. TABLE A. ANALYSIS OF INFANT DEATHS. Cause of Death TOTAL Under 1 month 1—3 months 4—6 months 7—9 months 10—11 month® Premature Birth .... 8 7 1 . Asphyxia at Birth .... 1 1 — — ' — — Congenital Deformity .... 3 3 — __ — — Pneumonia & Bronchitis ... 10 — 5 2 1 2 Gastro Enteritis .... 6 1 3 2 — — Pneumococcal Meningitis 2 — 1 — 1 — Icterus Neonatorum .... 1 1 — — — — Convulsions 2 1 1 — — — Otitis Media .... 1 — 1 — — — Accidental Asphyxia ] — — 1 — — Marasmus .... 1 1 ~h~ ' — — —- 3 b 15 12 5 2 2 In the next Table are shown the chief causes of Death and number of Deaths from each cause in 1947 as compared with the previous year. TABLE B. Cause of Death No. of Deaths No. of Deaths 1946 194,7 Enteric Fever ... 0 0 Measles 0 1 Whooping Cough ... 1 1 Diphtheria ... 1 0 Scarlet Fever 0 0 Influenza 0 3 Poliomyelitis 0 1 Phthisis ... . 3 12 Other Tubercular Diseases 1 3 Cancer ... 32 39 Heart Disease ... 52 55 Bronchitis ... 23 23 Pneumonia ... 13 18 Diarrhoea (under 2 years) 2 6 Puerperal Sepsis 0 0 Other Diseases of Parturition ... 0 2 Suicide 3 o Accidents 6 7 Other Diseases ... 95 84 232 255](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29495398_0007.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
