Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1908
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TABLE V.—(continued).
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. | ||
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All Causes.—Certified | 18 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 32 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 79 | ||
Common Infectious Diseases. | Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Chicken-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Measles | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | ||
Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Diphtheria : Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Whooping Cough | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 6 | |||
Diarrhoeal Diseases. | Diarrhoea, all forms | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 8 | ||
Enteritis | Muco-Gastro- | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 6 | |
Gastritis, Gastro | |||||||||||||||||||
intestinal Catarrh | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||
Wasting Diseases. | Premature Birth | 11 | 3 | 2 | .. | 6 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 20 | |
Congenital Defects | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | ||
Injury at Birth | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Want of Breast Milk | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | 4 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | ** | 7 | ||
Tuberculous Diseases. | Tuberculous Meningitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | |
Tuberculous Peritonitis: Tabes Mesenterica | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Other Tuberculous Diseases | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||
Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Other Causes. | Syphilis | .. | • • | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Rickets | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||
Meningitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||
Convulsions | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||
Bronchitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | ||
Laryngitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Pneumonia | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 9 | ||
Suffocation, overlying | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Other Causes | 4 | .. | 1 | .. | 5 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
18 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 32 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 79 |
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.