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 1911]
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APPENDIX No. 2—(centinued).
TABLE IV. Required by the Local Government Board to be used in the Annual Reports of the Medical Officer of Health. East Battersea. Infantile Mortality during the year 1911.
CAUSE OF DEATH | Under 1 Week. | 1-2 Weeks. | 2-3 Weeks. | Weeks. | Total under 1 Month. | 1-3 Months. | 3-6 Months. | 6-9 Months. | 9-12 Months. | Total Deaths under One Year. |
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Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Chicken-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Measles | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 4 | 6 |
Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Diphtheria and Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
Whooping-cough | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 13 |
Diarrhœa | .. | 3 | .. | 1 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 52 |
Enteritis | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 7 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 33 |
Tuberculous Meningitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Abdominal Tuberculosis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
Other Tuberculous Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | 4 |
Congenital Malformations | 7 | 1 | 1 | .. | 9 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 11 |
Premature birth | 19 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 28 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 28 |
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 3 | .. | 2 | 19 |
Atelectasis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Injury at Birth | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Syphilis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Rickets | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | 3 |
Convulsions | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | 5 |
Gastritis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Laryngitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Bronchitis | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 7 | 6 | .. | 3 | 19 |
Pneumonia (all forms) | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 35 |
Suffocation, overlying | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Other causes | 6 | .. | 1 | .. | 7 | 2 | .. | 5 | 1 | 15 |
37 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 69 | 40 | 54 | 48 | 41 | 252 | |
Nett Births in the year—Legitimate, 1862; Illegitimate, 59. Nett Deaths in the year of Legitimate infants, 1035; Illegitimate Infants, 7. |