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Battersea 1909

Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1909

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TABLE V.—(continued). East Battersea. Infantile Mortality during the Year 1909.

CAUSE OF DEATH.Under 1 Week.1-2 Weeks.2-3 Weeks.3-4 Week.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.—Certified40117765232516161119111381212231
Common Infectious Diseases.Small-pox..................................
Chicken-pox..................................
Measles........................12418
Scarlet Fever..................................
Diphtheria: Croup........................1....12
Whooping Cough..........3121121..23218
Diarrhœal Diseases.Diarrhœa, all forms......1132232722....125
EnteritisMuco-..1....134211111..2..17
Gastro-
Gastritis, Gastrointestinal Catarrh............1....1............2
Premature Birth2412128451................38
Wasting Diseases.Congenital Defects43..181....1........1....11
Injury at Birth4......4......................4
Want of Breast Milk1......1......................1
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus1111425221111......19
Tuberculous Diseases.Tuberculous Meningitis........................3......3
Tuberculous Peritonitis: Tabes Mesenterica....................1..........1
Other Tuberculous Diseases....................1..........1
Erysipelas................1..............1
Other Causes.Syphilis..........1..11..............3
Rickets..................................
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)....................11........2
Convulsions..2....2........1..1....1..5
Bronchitis211262511..211..1424
Laryngitis..................................
Pneumonia....1123..25432321330
Suffocation, overlying..................................
Other Causes512..8..22......1..1....14
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Sub-Division of East Battersea. Deaths in the year ofPopulation (estimated to middle of 1909)—77,469. Legitimate Infants, 207; Illegitimate Infants, 24.Births in the year—Legitimate, 2,014; Illegitimate, 37. Deaths from all Causes at all ages—1,088.