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 Y ear. | ||
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All Causes.—Certified | 17 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 27 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 56 | ||
Common Infectious Diseases. | Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Chicken-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Measles | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | ||
Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Diphtheria: Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Whooping Cough | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Diarrhœal Diseases. | Diarrhœa, all forms | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | |
Enteritis | Muco- | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | |
Gastro- | |||||||||||||||||||
Gastritis, Gastrointestinal Catarrh | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | ||
Wasting Diseases. | Premature Birth | 10 | 1 | 2 | .. | 13 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 15 | |
Congenital Defects | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | ||
Injury at Birth | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Want of Breast Milk | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | ||
Tuberculous Diseases. | Tuberculous Meningitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | |
Tuberculous Peritonitis: Tabes Mesenterica | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||
Other Tuberculous Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Other Causes. | Syphilis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
Rickets | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | ||
Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Convulsions | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | ||
Bronchitis | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | ||
Laryngitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||
Pneumonia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | 6 | ||
Suffocation, overlying | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Other Causes | 5 | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 | ||
17 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 27 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 56 | |||
Sub-Division of South-West Battersea. Deaths in the year of Legitimate | Population (estimated to middle of 1909)—59,150. Infants, 51; Illegitimate Infants, 5. | Births in the year—Legitimate, 804; Illegitimate, 17. Deaths from all Causes at all ages, 514. |