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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). North-West Battersea Infantile Mortality during the Year 1909.

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.—Certified381087632119101114121891013191
Common Infectious Diseases.Small-pox..................................
Chicken-pox..................1............1
Measles..........1................135
Scarlet Fever..................................
Diphtheria : Croup..................................
Whooping Cough..........1............22128
Diarrhœal Diseases.Diarrhœa, all forms..........22212....11..314
EnteritisMuco-..1....1..432231..12..19
Gastro-
Gastritis, Gastrointestinal Catarrh..................................
Wasting Diseases.Premature Birth222453312....................36
Congenital Defects4......4..1..................5
Injury at Birth1......1......................1
Want of Breast Milk1......1......................1
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus11....23132..2....1....14
Tuberculous Diseases.Tuberculous Meningitis........................1....12
Tuberculous Peritonitis: Tabes Mesenterica..................11..1......3
Other Tuberculous Diseases............1..................1
Erysipelas..................................
Other Causes.Syphilis....1..1..........1..........2
Rickets..............................11
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)..................2......1....3
Convulsions23....51..............1....7
Bronchitis11226331242....1..123
Laryngitis..................................
Pneumonia............3..221..1..4114
Suffocation, overlying....................................
Other Causes621..99212..2..212131
381087632119101114121891013191
Sub-Division of North-West Battersea. Deaths in the year ofPopulation (estimated to middle of 1909)—49,417. Legitimate Infants, 174 ; Illegitimate Infants, 17Births in the year—Legitimate, 1,536; Illegitimate, 42. Deaths from all Causes at all ages-815.