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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

Battersea 1907

Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1907

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It will be noted in the above tables that the mortality is
heaviest in the first three months of life, more than half the
deaths occurring at that age period. It will further be noted
that three groups of diseases between them account for 374 (or
71 per cent.) of the total deaths of infants during 1907, i.e.,
prematurity, respiratory diseases, and diarrhœa.
Looking more in detail into these figures, it will be seen
that 192 (or 36.5 per cent.) of the 526 deaths were due to congenital
or developmental diseases (which include prematurity,

Table: In the next table is shown the incidence of mortality from the chife diseases of infancy in the first and second three months and the last six months of the first year of life respectively:-

In the next table is shown the incidence of mortality from the chife diseases of infancy in the first and second three months and the last six months of the first year of life respectively:-

Certified Causes of Death.Months. 0-3.Months. 3-6.Months.6-12.Total.
Diarrhœa16213067
Prematurity1191—120
Marasmus and debility1620—42
Developmental disease251—30
Bronchitis38142072
Pneumonia14111843
Convulsions91111
Suffocation————
Measles——1515
Whooping cough421723
Tuberculosis411015
Meningitis2327
Miscellaneous55131381
30288136526