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 1911]
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APPENDIX No. 2—(continued).
TABLE IV.-(continued).
CAUSE OF DEATH. | Under 1 Week. | 1-2 Weeks. | 2-3 Weeks. | 3-4 Weeks. | Total under 1 Month. | 1-3 Months. | 3-6 Months. | 6-9Months. | 9-12 Months. | Total Deaths under One Year. |
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Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Chicken-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Measles | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 |
Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Diphtheria and Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Whooping-cough | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
Diarrhœa | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 21 | 12 | 12 | 55 |
Enteritis | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 30 |
Tuberculous Meningitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Abdominal Tuberculosis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Other Tuberculous Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Congenital Malformations | 9 | 1 | .. | .. | 10 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 10 |
Premature Birth | 15 | 4 | 2 | .. | 21 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 21 |
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus | 7 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 30 |
Atelectasis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Injury at birth | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Syphilis | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 3 |
Rickets | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Convulsions | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Gastritis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Laryngitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Bronchitis | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 21 |
Pneumonia (all forms) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 3 | 3 | 11 |
Suffocation, overlying | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Other causes | 4 | .. | 1 | .. | 5 | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | 8 |
36 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 62 | 30 | 48 | 33 | 42 | 215 | |
Nett Births in the year—Legitimate, 1,534; Illegitimate, 55. Nett Deaths in the year of Legitimate Infants, 813; Illegitimate Infants, 13. |