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Battersea 1908

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

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TABLE V.—(continued). North-West 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 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.—Certified301313965211516151259117148198
Common Infectious Diseases.Small-pox..................................
Chicken-pox..................................
Measles........................2..2..4
Scarlet Fever...............................
Diphtheria : Croup..................................
Whooping Cough................11......11..4
Diarrhœal Diseases.Diarrhoea, all forms......1124755123l2235
EnteritisMuco- Gastro-..1....124..31..1..l1115
Gastritis, Gastro
intestinal Catarrh............1..................1
Wasting Diseases.Premature Birth2237..322....................34
Congenital Defects221..52..1................8
Injury at Birth..................................
Want of Breast milk..................................
Atrophy, Debility,
Marasmus22..48242......12....120
Tuberculous Diseases.Tuberculous Meningitis..........................1..12
Tuberculous Peritonitis:
Tabes Mesenterica.................................
Other Tuberculous
Diseases..............1..1......l....3
Erysipelas......11......................1
Other Causes.Syphilis................1..1........13
Rickets...................."........1..1
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)......................1........1
Convulsions..1....1..1..................2
Bronchitis1..41610l3311..1..1..27
Laryngitis..........................1....1
Pneumonia................1313..l15216
Suffocation, overlying..• •..............................
Other Causes3412101..21..113..1..20
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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.