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Wandsworth 1908

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]

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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.

Table: TABLE XXI.Table5.)Borough of Wandsworth—Putney Sub-District.Infantile Mortality during the year1908.Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Mouths under One Year of Age.

TABLE XXI.

Table5.)

Borough of Wandsworth—Putney Sub-District.

Infantile Mortality during the year1908.

Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Mouths under One Year of Age.

Cause of Death.Under 1 Week.1—2 Weeks.2—3 Weaks.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 Months8—9 Months9—10 Months.10—11 Months.11—12 Months.Total Deaths under 1 Year.
All Causes-Certified8241153465213215552
Uncertified1.........1...1...........................2
Common Infectious Diseases—...................................................
Small-pox...................................................
Chicken-pox...................................................
Measles.............................................11
Scarlet Fever...................................................
Diphtheria: Mem. Croup...................................................
Whooping Cough..................1.....................1...2
Diarrhœal Diseases—
Diarrhoea, all forms..................111.........1......15
Enteritis, Muco-enteritis, Gastro-enteritis.....................2......13......1...7
Gastritis, Gastro-Intestinal Catarrh...................................................
Wasting Diseases-
Premature Birth42...17.................................7
Congenital Defects1...2...31..............................4
Injury at Birth...................................................
Want of Breast Milk, Starvation...................................................
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus1...1...21131.....................8
Tuberculous Diseases-
Tuberculous Meningitis...................................................
Tuberculous Peritonitis: Tabes Mesenterica........................1.....................1
Other Tuberculous Diseases..........................................1...1
Erysipelas...................................................
Syphilis...................................................
Rickets...................................................
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)......1...1.................................1
Convulsions1.........1...1...........................3
Bronchitis...............11...11......1.........5
Laryngitis...................................................
Pneumonia........................11.........1137
Suffocation, overlying...................................................
Other Causes2.........2.................................2
9241163565213215554

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District (or Sub-Division) of Putney.
Population (estimated to the middle of 1908). 30,800.
Births in the year—legitimate, 536; illegitimate, 19.
Deaths in the year of—legitimate infants, 45; illegitimate infants, 9.
Deaths from all causes at all ages, 309.