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Battersea 1910

Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1910

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APPENDIX No. 2, Continued—

TABLE V.-Required by the Local Government Board to be used in the Annual Reports of the Medical Officer of Health.

Borough of Battersea. Infantile Mortality during the Year 1910.

CAUSE OF DEATHUnder 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.
All Causes.—Certified921219241475144212714271825251520434
Common Infectious Diseases.Small-pox..................................
Chicken-pox..................................
Measles....................1322..311
Scarlet Fever..................................
Diphtheria : Croup..................................
Whooping Cough....11233..1211154326
Diarrhœal Diseases.Diarrhœa, all forms....123658817331..247
EnteritisMuco-Gastro-..1l132....332..332122
Gastritis, Gastro-intestinal Catarrh..1....1..1..........1......3
Wasting Diseases.Premature Birth5647774441................83
Congenital Defects121211622111......1....24
Injury at Birth3......3......................3
Want of Breast Milk............1......1..........2
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus1..26955..1..22....1..25
Tuberculous Diseases.Tuberculous Meningitis..........1111..1111..19
Tuberculous Peritonitis: Tabes Mesenterica .................1......1......2
Other Tuberculous Diseases................1......1..1..3
Other CausesErysipelas............1..1..............2
Syphilis1..1131......22....1....9
Rickets....................1....21..4
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)......................11....13
Convulsions2..13..3..1..1......1..9
Bronchitis2..2151057321..422243
Laryngitis1......1......................1
Pneumonia1....127721162442745
Suffocation, overlying..................................
Other Causes135222210614215331..58
921219241475144212714271825251520434
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.