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Wandsworth 1909

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

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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
TABLE XXIV. Table 5.)
Borough of Wandsworth —Southfield Sub-District.
Infantile Mortality during the year 1909.
Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.
Cause of Death.
Under
1 week.
1- 2
weeks.
2—3
Weeks.
, 3~~4
Weeks.
fotal under
1 Month.
1—2
Months.
Months.
3 4
Months.
4 5
Months.
5 -6
Months.
6—7
Months.
7—8
Months.
Months.
9 - 10
Months.
10—11
Months.
11—12
Months.
Iotal Deaths
under i Year.
All Causes—
Certified
26
9
3
5
43
9
5
11
6
7
6
6
4
4
7
2
110
Uncerified
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
Common Infectious
Diseases —
Small-pox
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Chicken-pox
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Measles
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
1
...
...
2
...
4
Scarlet Fever
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Diphtheria: Mem. Croup
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
1
Wnooping Cough
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
2
...
...
1
...
...
2
...
6
Diarrhoeal Diseases—
Diarrhoea, all forms
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
2
1
2
...
...
...
1
7
Enteritis, Muco-enteritis,
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Gastro-enteritis
...
...
...
...
...
...
3
2
1
...
...
...
1
2
...
...
9
Gastritis, Gastrointestinal
Catarrh
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
"Wasting Diseases-
Premature Birth
21
1
1
3
26
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
26
Congenital Defects
...
2
1
...
3
...
...
1
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
7
Injury at Birth
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Want of Breast Milk,
Starvation
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus
2
4
1
...
7
...
...1
4
...
...
1
1
...
...
...
...
14
Tuberculous Diseases-
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Tuberculous Meningitis
...
...
...
...
....
...
...
1
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
2
Tuberculous Peritonitis :
Tabes Mesenterica
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Other Tuberculous Diseases
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
Erysipelas
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Syphilis
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Rickets
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
1
...
.2
Meningitis (not Tuberculous
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
Convulsions
1
...
...
...
2
...
...
1
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
4
Bronchitis
1
...
...
1
2
...
...
1
...
1
1
...
...
1
...
...
...
Laryngitis
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
9
Pneumonia
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
1
i
2
...
2
...
1
1
13
Suffocation, overlying
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Other Causes
2
1
...
1
4
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
5
27
9
3
5
44
9
5
11
6
7
6
6
4
4
1
2
111
District (or Sub-Division) of Southfield.
Population (estimated to the middle of 1909), 59,090.
Births in the year—legitimate, 1,332 ; illegitimate, 28.
Deaths in the year of—legitimate infants, 105 ; illegitimate infants, 6.
Deaths from all causes at all ages, 637.

TABLE XXII. (T able 5.) B orough of W andsworth— S treatham S ub- D istrict.

Infantile Mortality during the year 1909.

Deaths rom stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.

Cause of Death.Under 1 Week.Weeks.2 ~3 Weeks.Weeks.Total under 1 Month.1—2 Months.2—3 Months.Monttis.Months.5 - 6 Months.6—7 Months.7-8 Months8-0 Months.9—10 Vionths10—11 Months.11—12 Months.lotal Deaths under 1 Year,
All Causes —
Certified301124472081166587454131
Uncertified2.........2.................................2
Common Infectious Diseases—
Small-pox...................................................
Chicken-pox...................................................
Measles......1...1..................23.........6
Scarlet Fever...................................................
Diphtheria Mem. Citup...................................................
Whooping Cough.......................................21...3
Diarrhceal Diseases-
Diarrhoea, all forms..................14...1..................6
Enteritis, Muco-enteritis, Gastro-enteritis...1......15...12......1......1...13.
Gastritis, Gastro-Intesti-nal Catarrh.....................1...........................
Wasting Diseases—
Premature Birth164...1214..............................25.
Congenital Defects81......91.................................10
Injury at Birth1.........1.................................
Want of Breast Milk, Starvation...................................................
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus4412114121..................120
Tuberculous Diseases — Tuberculous Meningitis...........................11...............2
Tuberculous Peritonitis : Tabes Mesenterica.........11.................................1
Other Tuberculous Diseases.....................1.........1.........13
Erysipelas...................................................
Syphilis..........................................1...1
Rickets...................................................
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)..............................1..................
Convulsions1.........113.........11............7
Bronchitis...............211...2...11......19
Laryngitis..........................................
Pneumonia...............21211231......13
Suffocation, overlying11......1..............................1
Other Causes11......21...1111......12...10
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