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Battersea 1905

Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1905

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Sub-division of North-West Battesea.
Births in the year.—Legitimate, 1,586. Illegitimate, 36.
Population (estimated to the middle of 1905).—49,536.
Deaths from all Causes at all Ages.—873

Table: TABLE V.—(continued). North-West Battersea. Infantile Mortality during the Year 1905.

TABLE V.—(continued). North-West Battersea. Infantile Mortality during the Year 1905.

CAUSE OF DEATHUnder 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 One Year.
All Causes.—Certified.45161510862023181516191116111110256
Common Infectious Diseases.Small-pox...................................................
Chicken-pox...................................................
Measles..................1......12...332315
Scarlet Fever...................................................
Diphtheria: Croup..........................................1...1
Whooping Cough........................1...1112......66
Diarrhoeal Diseases.Diarrhoea, all forms.........3336725554...4145
Enteritis (not Tuberculous).........11......13...22.........110
Gastritis Gastro-intestinal Catarrh.........111......1..................14
Wasting Diseases.Premature Birth325514351...........................49
Congenital Defects13......4.................................4
Injury at Birth2.........2.................................2
Want of Breast-milk...........................1...11.........3
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus122...5123331......1......19
Tuberculous Diseases.Tuberculous Meningitis.....................1...11.........1...4
Tuberculous Peritonitis: Tabes Mesenterica.....................1...1...1............3
Other Tuberculous Diseases...............1............1...............2
Erysipelas.........111............1...............3
Syphilis........................1...............1...2
Rickets.....................1...............2...14
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)..................1...............2........3
Convulsions...1...121......1.....................4
Bronchitis111...317211111......119
Laryngitis....................................1.........1
Pneumonia...............112223...332221
Suffocation, overlaying..................2...........................2
Other Causes84722152......11..............30
45161510862023181516191116111110256