Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1908 page 235

Battersea 1908

Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1908

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Table: TABLE V.—Required by the Local Government Board to be used in the Annual Reports of the Medical Officer of Health. Borough of Battersea. Infantile Mortality during the Year 1908.

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TABLE V.—Required by the Local Government Board to be used in the Annual Reports of the Medical Officer of Health. Borough of Battersea. Infantile Mortality during the Year 1908.

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 One Year.
All Causes.—Certified			77	28	30	23	158	51	45	34	32	26	23	27	29	20	26	23	494
Common Infectious Diseases.	Small-pox		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	Chicken-pox		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	Measles		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	3	1	4	2	10
	Scarlet Fever		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	Diphtheria: Croup		..	..	..	1	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	2
	Whooping Cough		..	..	..	..	..	1	2	2	1	1	1	3	3	3	2	2	21
Diarrhoeal Diseases.	Diarrhœa, all forms		..	..	..	2	2	6	5	13	12	9	3	5	7	2	3	5	72
	Enteritis	Muco- Gastro-	..	2	..	..	2	7	11	2	4	5	2	2	..	3	2	1	41
	Gastritis, Gastrointestinal Catarrh		..	..	..	..	..	..	2	1	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	4
> Wasting Diseases.	Premature Birth		46	7	16	4	73	7	1	..	..	1	1	..	1	..	..	..	84
	Congenital Defects		6	6	2	..	14	2	..	1	..	..	..	..	1	..	1	1	20
	Injury at Birth		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	Want of Breast milk		..	..	..	1	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1
	Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus		6	4	..	7	17	3	7	4	1	1	1	4	3	1	1	1	44
Tuberculous Diseases.	Tuberculous Meningitis		..	..		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	1	1	1	4
	Tuberculous Peritonitis: Tabes Mesenterica		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	Other Tuberculous Diseases		..	1	..	..	1	..	1	1	..	1	1	1	..	1	1	..	8
	Erysipelas		..	..	..	1	1	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..		..	..	2
Other Causes	Syphilis		1	1	..	1	3	2	1	1	1	..	3	..	..	..	.	1	12
	Rickets		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	1	..	2
	Meningitis (not Tuberculous)		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	3	1	1	..	1	7
	Convulsions		..	1	..	1	2	1	2	..	..	1	1	..	1	..	..	1	9
	Bronchitis		2	..	6	3	11	11	6	5	5	2	2	2	2	1	1	..	48
	Laryngitis		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	1
	Pneumonia		..	2	3	..	5	5	3	1	4	4	3	5	3	4	7	6	50
	Suffocation, overlying		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	Other Causes		16	4	3	2	25	5	4	2	3	1	4	2	3	1	1	1	52
			77	28	30	23	158	51	45	34	32	26	23	27	29	20	26	23	494

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Borough of Battersea. Population (estimated to middle of 1908).—183,873.
Deaths in the year of Legitimate Infants, 444 ; Illegitimate Infants, 50.
Births in the year:—Legitimate, 4,493; Illegitimate, 136.
Deaths from all Causes at all Ages—2,272.

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Table: TABLE V.—Required by the Local Government Board to be used in the Annual Reports of the Medical Officer of Health. Borough of Battersea. Infantile Mortality during the Year 1908.

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