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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Wandsworth 1929
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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| Cause of Death. | Under 1 Week. | 1-2 Weeks. | 2-3 Weeks. | 3-4 Weeks. | Total under 4 Weeks. | 4 Weeks and under 3 Months. | 3 Months and under 6 Months. | 6 Months and under 9 Months. | 9 Months and under 12 Months. | Total Deaths under 1 Year. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Causes:— | ||||||||||
| Certified | 86 | 19 | 11 | 9 | 125 | 38 | 35 | 46 | 40 | 284 |
| Uncertified | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Small-pox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Chicken-pox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Measles | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Scarlet Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Whooping Cough | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 29 |
| Diphtheria and Croup | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Erysipelas | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tuberculous Meningitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Abdominal Tuberculosis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Other Tuberculous Diseases | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| Convulsions | - | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 4 |
| Laryngitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bronchitis | - | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 |
| Pneumonia (all forms) | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 42 |
| Diarrhœa | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 15 |
| Enteritis | - | - | 2 | - | 2 | 2 | - | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| Gastritis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Syphilis | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 3 |
| Rickets | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Suffocation, overlaying | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| Injury at Birth | 4 | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | 4 |
| Atelectasis | 9 | 1 | - | - | 10 | - | - | - | - | 10 |
| Congenital Malformations | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 31 |
| Premature Birth | 45 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 60 | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | 65 |
| Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus | 9 | - | - | 1 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 22 |
| Other Causes | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 27 |
| Totals .. | 86 | 19 | 11 | 9 | 125 | 38 | 35 | 46 | 40 | 284 |
Nett Births in the year: legitimate, 4,401; illegitimate, 231.
Nett Deaths in the year of legitimate infants. 258; illegitimate
infants, 26.
Table VIII. gives the comparative figures of infantile
mortality for the last ten years for the whole of the Borough,
and for each of the six sub-districts.