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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 V.—(continued). South-West Battersea. Infantile Mortality during Year 1908.

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.11-12 Months.Total Deaths under One Year.
All Causes.—Certified18662324847445521379
Common Infectious Diseases.Small-pox..................................
Chicken-pox..................................
Measles..............................11
Scarlet Fever..................................
Diphtheria : Croup................................
Whooping Cough..............2....121......6
Diarrhoeal Diseases.Diarrhoea, all forms............1122..1......18
EnteritisMuco-Gastro-..1....121..1........1....6
Gastritis, Gastro
intestinal Catarrh............1..................1
Wasting Diseases.Premature Birth1132..6..1....11..1......20
Congenital Defects11....2..............1......3
Injury at Birth..................................
Want of Breast Milk..................................
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus2....24..1....11........**7
Tuberculous Diseases.Tuberculous Meningitis............................1..1
Tuberculous Peritonitis: Tabes Mesenterica..................................
Other Tuberculous Diseases..1....1......................1
Erysipelas..................................
Other Causes.Syphilis..• •........1......1..........2
Rickets........................1......1
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)......................1........1
Convulsions..........1....................1
Bronchitis..............12....1........4
Laryngitis..................................
Pneumonia....3..3..1..2......11..19
Suffocation, overlying..................................
Other Causes4..1..511..................7
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SuB-Division-of South West Battersea. Population (estimated to middle of 1908)—58,099. Births in the year—Legitimate, 894 ; Illegitimate, 24.
Deaths in the year of Legitimate Infants, 76; Illegitimate Infants, 3. Deaths from all Causes at all ages—531.