Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1908
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TABLE V.—(continued).
| CAUSE OF DEATH. | Under 1 Week. | 1-2 Weeks. | 2-3 Weeks. | 3-4 Weeks. | Total under 1 Month. | 1-2 1 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 | 30 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 65 | 21 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 14 | 8 | 198 | ||
| Common Infectious Diseases. | Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Chicken-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Measles | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | 4 | ||
| Scarlet Fever | . | . | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | . | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Diphtheria : Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Whooping Cough | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 4 | ||
| Diarrhœal Diseases. | Diarrhoea, all forms | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | l | 2 | 2 | 35 | |
| Enteritis | Muco- Gastro- | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 4 | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | l | 1 | 1 | 15 | |
| Gastritis, Gastro | |||||||||||||||||||
| intestinal Catarrh | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||
| Wasting Diseases. | Premature Birth | 22 | 7 | .. | 32 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 34 | ||
| Congenital Defects | 2 | 2 | 1 | .. | 5 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8 | ||
| Injury at Birth | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Want of Breast milk | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Atrophy, Debility, | |||||||||||||||||||
| Marasmus | 2 | 2 | .. | 4 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | 20 | ||
| Tuberculous Diseases. | Tuberculous Meningitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | |
| Tuberculous Peritonitis: | |||||||||||||||||||
| Tabes Mesenterica | .. | .. | .. | . | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Other Tuberculous | |||||||||||||||||||
| Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | l | .. | .. | 3 | ||
| Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||
| Other Causes. | Syphilis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | |
| Rickets | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .." | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | ||
| Meningitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||
| Convulsions | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | ||
| Bronchitis | 1 | .. | 4 | 1 | 6 | 10 | l | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 27 | ||
| Laryngitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | ||
| Pneumonia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | .. | l1 | 5 | 2 | 16 | ||
| Suffocation, overlying | .. | • • | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Other Causes | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 1 | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | 20 | ||
| 30 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 65 | 21 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 14 | 8 | 198 | |||
Sub-Division of North-West Battersea. Population (estimated to middle of 1908)—49,453. Births in the year—Legitimate, 1,569 ; Illegitimate, 55.
Deaths in the year of Legitimate Infants, 178 ; Illegitimate Infants, 20. Deaths from all Causes at all ages—748.