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.—(continued).
CAUSE OF DEATH. | Under 1 Week. | 1-2 Weeks. | 2-3 Weeks. | 3-4Weeks. | 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 | 41 | 5 | 7 | 61 | 22 | 20 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 174 | ||
Common Infectious Diseases. | Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Chicken-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Measles | . . | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | |
Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Diphtheria : Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Whooping Cough | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 7 | ||
Diarrhceal Diseases. | Diarrhoea, all forms | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 21 | |
.. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 5 | ||
Gastritis, Gastr-intestinal Catarrh | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
Wasting Diseases. | Premature Birth | 23 | .. | 2 | 3 | 28 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 32 | |
Congenital Defects | 7 | 1 | .. | .. | 8 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 10 | |
Injury at Birth | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
Want of Breast Milk | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 9 | |
"uberculous Diseases. | Tuberculous Meningitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 5 |
Tuberculous Peritonitis: Tabes Mesenterica | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
Other Tuberculous Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
Other Causes. | Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Syphilis | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | |
Rickets | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 3 | |
Meningitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
Convulsions | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | |
Bronchitis | 1 | .. | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | .. | l | .. | 4 | .. | 1 | .. | 23 | |
Laryngitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Pneumonia | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 2 | 13 | |
Suffocation, overlying.. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Other Causes | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 30 | ||
41 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 61 | 22 | 20 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 174 | ||