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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).

North-West Battersea. Infantile Mortality during the Year 1910.

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.
All Causes.—Certified41576122207123141011932174
Common Infectious Diseases.Small-pox..................................
Chicken-pox..................................
Measles. ...................11........2
Scarlet Fever..................................
Diphtheria : Croup..................................
Whooping Cough......111......1..1..21..7
Diarrhceal Diseases.Diarrhoea, all forms..........42321522......21
................21....11....5
Gastritis, Gastr-intestinal Catarrh........................1......1
Wasting Diseases.Premature Birth23..2328121................32
Congenital Defects71....81....1..............10
Injury at Birth1......1......................1
Want of Breast Milk..................................
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus....11221..1..12........9
"uberculous Diseases.Tuberculous Meningitis............1......1111....5
Tuberculous Peritonitis: Tabes Mesenterica................1..............1
Other Tuberculous Diseases........................1......1
Other Causes.Erysipelas............1..1..............2
Syphilis....112..........1..........3
Rickets....................1....2....3
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)......................1........1
Convulsions1......1..2......1..........4
Bronchitis1..2146421..l..4..1..23
Laryngitis..................................
Pneumonia1......11211..2....21213
Suffocation, overlying....................................
Other Causes74111365..2....211....30
415786122207123141011932174
Sub-Division of North-West Battersea. Population (estimated to middle of 1910)—49,388. Births in the year—Legitimate, 1,464 ; Illegitimate, 41. Deaths in the year of Legitimate Infants. 155 ; Illegitimate Infants, 19. Deaths from all Causes at all ages—690.