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Wandsworth 1910

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

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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
(Table 5.)

Table: TABLE XXII. Borough of Wandsworth.Infantile Mortality during the year 1910.Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.

TABLE XXII. Borough of Wandsworth.

Infantile Mortality during the year 1910.

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.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 j Year.
All Causes— Certified1483120242235446323129322423152510544
Uncertified...............1..............................1
Common Infectious Diseases— Small-pox...................................................
Chicken-pox...................................................
Measles...........................1...1113...7
Scarlet Fever...................................................
Diphtheria: Mem. Croup...................................................
Whooping Cough...............4231442325...30
Diarrhœal Diseases-Diarrhœa, all forms...............364...145312...29
Enteritis, Muco-enteritis, Gastro-enteritis1...1135437251124...37
Gastritis, Gastro-Intestinal Catarrh1.........113......1211.........10
Wasting Diseases-Premature Birth7799510081...1.....................110
Congenital Defects22834374111...11...1......47
Injury at Birth81......9.................................9
Want of Breast Milk, Starvation...1......1.................................1
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus1555530118662354...1...76
Tuberculous Diseases-Tuberculous Meningitis1.........11......111...1...129
Tuberculous Peritonitis: Tabes Mesenterica.................................1............1
Other Tuberculous Diseases..................1......1...1...1......4
Erysipelas...1......1.................................1
Syphilis............112...41..................9
Rickets.....................1...1..................2
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)...1......1......12............11...6
Convulsions81......102......221......11...19
Bronchitis12...254863351112140
Laryngitis...................................................
Pneumonia2114810743564635768
Suffocation, overlying2.........2...1...........................3
Other Causes1011113123...4...121......27
1483120242235546323129322423152510545

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Population (estimated to the middle of 1910), 343,800.
Births in the year—legitimate, 6,782 ; illegitimate, 185.
Deaths in the year of—legitimate infants, 485; illegitimate infants, 60.
Deaths from all causes at all ages, 3,105.