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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.—(continued).

East Battersea. Infantile Mortality during the Year 1910.

cause OF death.Under 1 Week.1-2 Weeks.2-3 Weeks.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.—Certified334101057231811111113711131111197
Common Infectious Diseases.Small-pox..................................
Chicken-pox..................................
Measles......................222..17
Scarlet Fever..................................
Diphtheria : Croup..................................
Whooping Cough....1..123..111....32..14
Diarrhœal Diseases.Diarrhœa, all forms....112..256..211....221
Enteritis Muco- Gastro-....l..11....l22....12111
Gastritis, Gastro-intestinal Catarrh..................................
Wasting Diseases.Premature Birth233523332..................38
Congenital Defects3..11511....1......1....9
Injury at Birth1......1......................1
Want of Breast Milk............1......1..........2
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus......4432......l......1..11
Tuberculous Diseases.Tuberculous Meningitis..............1................1
Tuberculous Peritonitis: Tabes Mesenterica........................l......1
Other Tuberculous Diseases................l..........1..2
Other Causes.Erysipelas..................................
Syphilis1......11......21....1....6
Rickets............................1..1
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)........................l....12
Convulsions1......1..1..............1..3
Bronchitis1.......141412......11217
Laryngitisl......l......................1
Pneumonia......1l551..141421429
Suffocation, overlying..................................
Other Causes211153....1213221..20
334101057231811111113711131111197
Sub-Division of East "Battersea. Population (estimated to middle of 1910)—78,024. Births in the year—Legitimate, 2,038; Illegitimate, 42. Deaths in the year of Legitimate Infants, 183; Illegitimate Infants, 14. Deaths from all Causes at all ages—929.