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Battersea 1908

Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1908

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TABLE IV. (Required by the Local Government Board to be used in the Annual Report of theMedical Officer of Health ) Causes of, and Ages at, Death during the Year 1908.

Causes of Death.Deaths in, or belonging to, Whole District at Subjoined Ages.Deaths in, or belonging to, Localities at all Ages.Total Deaths in Public Institutions in the District.
All Ages.Under 1 year.1 and under5 years.5 and under 15 years.15 and under 25 years.25 and under 65 years.65 years and upwards.East Battersea.North-West Battersea.South-West Battersea.
Small-pox......................
Measles4710343......222147
Scarlet Fever24..1112..1..1743..
Whooping Cough392118........181479
Diphtheria and Membranous Croup222155......71051
Croup......................
Fever(Typhus.....................
Enteric7......34..223..
Other Continued......................
Epidemic Influenza33..1111416126152
Cholera......................
Plague.......................
Diarrhœa897211..1233940104
Enteritis6141812543122836
Puerperal Fever5........5..3117
Erysipelas52....12..23..3
Other Septic Diseases101....3514428
Phthisis220..264515314108615180
Other Tubercular Diseases8612431577238331522
Cancer, Malignant Disease156....12896455376449
Bronchitis2334815235011597973949
Pneumonia2235051986144103804057
Pleurisy6..1..14..222..
Other Diseases of Respiratory Organs81......522423
Alcoholism Cirrhosis of Liver252....1175810712
Venereal Diseases1812....15..86412
Premature Birth8484..........3034206
Diseases and Accidents of Parturition3........3..12..3
Heart Diseases110..3714582842363265
Accidents4536741692017831
Suicides23........22110858
All other causes690133302120230256312194184266
All causes227249424990117758564993748531740