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 1910
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APPENDIX No. 2, Continued—
TABLE V.-
CAUSE OF DEATH | Under 1 Week. | 1-2 Weeks. | 2-3Weeks. | 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. | ||
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All Causes.—Certified | 92 | 12 | 19 | 24 | 147 | 51 | 44 | 21 | 27 | 14 | 27 | 18 | 25 | 25 | 15 | 20 | 434 | ||
Common Infectious Diseases. | Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Chicken-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Measles | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 2 | .. | 3 | 11 | |||
Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Diphtheria : Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Whooping Cough | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 26 | |||
Diarrhœal Diseases. | Diarrhœa, all forms | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .. | 2 | 47 | |
Enteritis | Muco-Gastro- | .. | 1 | l | 1 | 3 | 2 | .. | .. | 3 | 3 | 2 | .. | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 22 | |
Gastritis, Gastro-intestinal Catarrh | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | ||
Wasting Diseases. | Premature Birth | 56 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 74 | 4 | 4 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 83 | |
Congenital Defects | 12 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 24 | ||
Injury at Birth | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | ||
Want of Breast Milk | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | ||
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus | 1 | .. | 2 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 5 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 25 | ||
Tuberculous Diseases. | Tuberculous Meningitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 9 | |
Tuberculous Peritonitis: Tabes Mesenterica . | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | ||
Other Tuberculous Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | ||
Other Causes | Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | |
Syphilis | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 9 | ||
Rickets | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | 4 | ||
Meningitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | ||
Convulsions | 2 | .. | 1 | 3 | .. | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 9 | |||
Bronchitis | 2 | .. | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .. | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 43 | ||
Laryngitis | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||
Pneumonia | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 45 | ||
Suffocation, overlying | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Other Causes | 13 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .. | 58 | ||
92 | 12 | 19 | 24 | 147 | 51 | 44 | 21 | 27 | 14 | 27 | 18 | 25 | 25 | 15 | 20 | 434 | |||
Borough of Battersea. Population (estimated to middle of 1910).—188,222. Births in the year :—Legitimate, 4,380 ; Illegitimate, 109. Deaths in the year of Legitimate Infants, 393 ; Illegitimate Infants, 41. Deaths from all Causes at all Ages—2,124. |