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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). South-West Battersea. Infantile Mortality during Year 1909.

CAUSE OF DEATH.Under 1 Week.1-2 Weeks.2-3 Weeks.3—4 WeekTotal 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.
All Causes.—Certified173432774243..2112356
Common Infectious Diseases.Small-pox..................................
Chicken-pox..................................
Measles............................1..1
Scarlet Fever..................................
Diphtheria: Croup..................................
Whooping Cough..................................
Diarrhœal Diseases.Diarrhœa, all forms..........21..................3
EnteritisMuco-..........1....21............4
Gastro-
Gastritis, Gastrointestinal Catarrh............11................2
Wasting Diseases.Premature Birth1012..132....................15
Congenital Defects1..124......................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)..................................
Convulsions11....2......................2
Bronchitis..1..121..1................4
Laryngitis........................1......1
Pneumonia..................1..1..1..36
Suffocation, overlying..................................
Other Causes5......51....1..............7
173432774243..2112356
Sub-Division of South-West Battersea. Deaths in the year of LegitimatePopulation (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.