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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—(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 DEATHUnder 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.
Small-pox....................
Chicken-pox....................
Measles..............246
Scarlet Fever....................
Diphtheria and Croup................11
Whooping-cough....1..1423313
Diarrhœa..3..14914141152
Enteritis....1..17138433
Tuberculous Meningitis............1....1
Abdominal Tuberculosis..........12115
Other Tuberculous Diseases............2..24
Congenital Malformations711..9..2....11
Premature birth1934228........28
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus32331133..219
Atelectasis....................
Injury at Birth1......1........1
Erysipelas....................
Syphilis..............1..1
Rickets....................
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)............12..3
Convulsions11....212....5
Gastritis....................
Laryngitis....................
Bronchitis..1....176..319
Pneumonia (all forms)..2..246612735
Suffocation, overlying....................
Other causes6..1..72..5115
37131186940544841252
Nett Births in the year—Legitimate, 1862; Illegitimate, 59. Nett Deaths in the year of Legitimate infants, 1035; Illegitimate Infants, 7.