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 1909
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TABLE V.—(continued).
| CAUSE OF DEATH. | Under 1 Week. | 1-2 Weeks. | 2-3 Weeks. | 3-4 Week. | 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 | 40 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 65 | 23 | 25 | 16 | 16 | 11 | 19 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 231 | |||
| Common Infectious Diseases. | Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Chicken-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
| Measles | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | |||
| Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
| Diphtheria: Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | |||
| Whooping Cough | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | 2 | 3 | 2 | 18 | |||
| Diarrhœal Diseases. | Diarrhœa, all forms | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | 25 | ||
| Enteritis | Muco- | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | 17 | ||
| Gastro- | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Gastritis, Gastrointestinal Catarrh | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | |||
| Premature Birth | 24 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 4 | 5 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 38 | |||
| Wasting Diseases. | Congenital Defects | 4 | 3 | .. | 1 | 8 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 11 | ||
| Injury at Birth | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | |||
| Want of Breast Milk | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |||
| Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 19 | |||
| Tuberculous Diseases. | Tuberculous Meningitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | ||
| Tuberculous Peritonitis: Tabes Mesenterica | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |||
| Other Tuberculous Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |||
| Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |||
| Other Causes. | Syphilis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | ||
| Rickets | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
| Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | |||
| Convulsions | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 5 | |||
| Bronchitis | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 4 | 24 | |||
| Laryngitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
| Pneumonia | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | .. | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 30 | |||
| Suffocation, overlying | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
| Other Causes | 5 | 1 | 2 | .. | 8 | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 14 | |||
| 40 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 65 | 23 | 25 | 16 | 16 | 11 | 19 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 231 | ||||
| Sub-Division of East Battersea. Deaths in the year of | Population (estimated to middle of 1909)—77,469. Legitimate Infants, 207; Illegitimate Infants, 24. | Births in the year—Legitimate, 2,014; Illegitimate, 37. Deaths from all Causes at all ages—1,088. | ||||||||||||||||||