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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 1905

Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1905

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Table: TABLE V.—(continued). East Battersea. Infantile Mortality during the Year 1905.

TABLE V.—(continued). East Battersea. Infantile Mortality during the Year 1905.

CAUSE OF DEATH.Under 1 Week.1-2 Weeks.2-3 Weeks.3-4 Weeks.Total under 1 Month.1-2 Months.2-3 Months.3-4 Months.4-5 Months.5-6 Months.6-7 Months.7-8 Months.8-9 Months.9-10 Months.10-11 Months.11-12Months.Total Deaths under One Year
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Common Infectious Diseases.Small-pox...................................................
Chicken-pox...................................................
Measles...........................12341...415
Scarlet Fever...................................................
Diphtheria: Croup...................................................
Whooping Cough...............2............2111119
Diarrhœal Diseases.Diarrhœa, all forms......2244445368754256
Enteritis (not Tuberculous)...1......12112......211...112
Gastritis, Gastro-intestinal Catarrh..................1...........................1
Wasting Diseases.Premature Birth395414932......1..................56
Congenital Defects33...391...1........................11
Injury at Birth4.........4.................................4
Want of Breast-milk..................1.........22............5
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus...112422111...2.........114
Tuberculous Diseases.Tuberculous Meningitis..........................................224
Tuberculous Peritonitis: Tabes Mesenterica.....................1.........1............2
Other Tuberculous Diseases..................1......1...1...1138
Erysipelas......1...1...1............1............4
Syphilis...........................12...............3
Rickets..................1......1..................2
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)..........................................2...2
Convulsions31......4...2.........1...............7
Bronchitis......3369642422221242
Laryngitis.............................................11
Pneumonia......1...12...21...53322122
Suffocation, overlaying......1...1...211.....................5
Other Causes21...14831...1......21......20
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Sub-division of East Battersea.
Births in the year:—Legitimate, 2,241; Illegitimate, 37.
Population (estimated to middle of 1905).—74,589.
Deaths from all Causes at all Ages:—1,159.