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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 1931

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

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Table: Vital Statistics. 11 TABLE VII.

Vital Statistics. 11 TABLE VII.

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:—
Certified971316713342342426259
Uncertified----------
Small-pox----------
Chicken-pox----------
Measles-------1-1
Scarlet Fever----------
Whooping Cough-----23139
Diphtheria and Croup-------1-1
Erysipelas-------1-1
Tuberculous Meningitis------1113
Abdominal Tuberculosis----------
Other Tuberculous Diseases--------11
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)--1-1---23
Convulsions21--3-33-9
Laryngitis----------
Bronchitis--123713216
Pneumonia (all forms)-32-5763627
Diarrhœa-----431311
Enteritis--1-1142513
Gastritis-------1-1
Syphilis----------
Rickets----------
Suffocation, overlying---------2
Injury at Birth10---10----10
Atelectasis14---14----14
Congenital Malformations154222332--28
Premature Birth54482084---72
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus-1113551-14
Other Causes2---2765323
Totals ..971316713342342426259

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Nett Births in the year : legitimate, 4,134; illegitimate, 200.
Nett Deaths in the year of legitimate infants. 240; illegitimate
infants, 19.
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.