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Battersea 1911

[Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1911]

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APPENDIX No. 2—(contiuued.). TABLE III. (Required by the Local Government Board to be used in the Annual Report of the Medical Officer of Health.) Causes of, and Ages at, Death during the Year 1911.

Causes of Death.Nett Deaths at the Subjoined ages of "residents" whether occuring within or within the district.Total Deaths in Public Institutions in the District.
All Ages.Under 1 year.1 and under 2 years.1 2 and under5 years.i 5 and under 15 years.15 and under 25 years.25 and under 45 years.45 and under 65 years.65 years and upwards.
Enteric Fever3......111....2
Small Pox....................
Measles1111855326........3
Scarlet Fever4....13..........
Whooping Cough3422831........5
Diphtheria and Croup.21121171......1
Influenza111....12322..
Erysipelas3..........1113
Cerebro-Spinal Fever....................
Phthisis (Pulmonary Tuberculosis217112247101567108
Tuberculosis Meningitis344123123......9
Other Tuberculous Diseases3811529262111
Rheumatic Fever7......11311..
Cancer, malignant disease163........314767068
Bronchitis237451741284411641
Broncho-Pneumonia77331993..1755
Pneumonia (all other forms)12020787416322649
Other diseases of Respiratory organs14......1..3558
Diarrhoea and Enteritis25818639821161588
Appendicitis and Typhlitis6......3..2..13
Alcoholism2............2..3
Cirrhosis of Liver241........314614
Nephritis and Bright's Disease71......1..17341727
Puerperal Fever2........11....5
Other accidents and diseases of Pregnancy and Parturition5........14....1
Congenital Debility and .Malformation, including Premature Birth1631558............32
Violent deaths, excluding Sui8163710101920650
Suicides8..........53..2
Other Defined Diseases688421013282586172312313
Diseases ill-defined or unknown2........1..1....
All causes240454618610399106295478591851