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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 1908
Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1908
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| Registration Sub-Districts | Causes of Death. | Totals. | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| j Diarrhœa. | Prematurity. | Marasmus. | Bronchitis. | Pneumonia. | Convulsions. | Measles. | Whooping Cough. | Accidents. | Tuberculosis. | Diphtheria Erysipelas, &c. | Miscellaneous. | ||
| East Battersea | 51 | 30 | 28 | 17 | 25 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 34 | 217 |
| North-West Battersea | 51 | 34 | 31 | 27 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 4 | - | 5 | l | 23 | 198 |
| South-West Battersea | 15 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | - | 10 | 79 |
| TheBorough | 117 | 84 | 69 | 48 | 50 | 9 | 10 | 21 | 3 | 12 | 4 | 67 | 494 |
In the next table is shown the incidence of mortality from the chief diseases of infancy in the first and second trimesters and the last six months of the first year respectively:—
| Certified Causes of Death. | Months. 0-3. | Months. 3-6. | Months. 6-12. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diarrhœa | 35 | 47 | 35 | 117 |
| Prematurity | 81 | 1 | 2 | 84 |
| Marasmus and debility | 28 | 6 | 11 | 45 |
| Developmental disease | 16 | 1 | 3 | 20 |
| Bronchitis | 28 | 12 | 8 | 48 |
| Pneumonia | 13 | 9 | 28 | 50 |
| Convulsions | 5 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| Suffocation | — | — | — | — |
| Measles | — | — | 10 | 10 |
| Whooping cough | 3 | 4 | 14 | 21 |
| Tuberculosis | 2 | 2 | 8 | 12 |
| Meningitis | — | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| Miscellaneous | 43 | 8 | 20 | 71 |
| 254 | 92 | 148 | 494 |