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 1909
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TABLE V.—(continued).
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. | |||
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All Causes.—Certified | 40 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 65 | 23 | 25 | 16 | 16 | 11 | 19 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 231 | |||
Common Infectious Diseases. | Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Chicken-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Measles | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | |||
Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Diphtheria: Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | |||
Whooping Cough | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | 2 | 3 | 2 | 18 | |||
Diarrhœal Diseases. | Diarrhœa, all forms | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | 25 | ||
Enteritis | Muco- | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | 17 | ||
Gastro- | ||||||||||||||||||||
Gastritis, Gastrointestinal Catarrh | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | |||
Premature Birth | 24 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 4 | 5 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 38 | |||
Wasting Diseases. | Congenital Defects | 4 | 3 | .. | 1 | 8 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 11 | ||
Injury at Birth | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | |||
Want of Breast Milk | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |||
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 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 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | ||
Rickets | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | |||
Convulsions | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 5 | |||
Bronchitis | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 4 | 24 | |||
Laryngitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Pneumonia | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | .. | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 30 | |||
Suffocation, overlying | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Other Causes | 5 | 1 | 2 | .. | 8 | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 14 | |||
40 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 65 | 23 | 25 | 16 | 16 | 11 | 19 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 231 | ||||
Sub-Division of East Battersea. Deaths in the year of | Population (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. |