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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—(continued).

TABLE IV.-(continued). North-WestBattersea. Infantile Mortality during the year 1911.

CAUSE OF DEATH.Under 1 Week.1-2 Weeks.2-3 Weeks.3-4 Weeks.Total under 1 Month.1-3 Months.3-6 Months.6-9Months.9-12 Months.Total Deaths under One Year.
Small-pox....................
Chicken-pox....................
Measles......11..13510
Scarlet Fever....................
Diphtheria and Croup....................
Whooping-cough..........13127
Diarrhœa....123721121255
Enteritis....2..21064830
Tuberculous Meningitis..........1..113
Abdominal Tuberculosis..............123
Other Tuberculous Diseases....................
Congenital Malformations91....10........10
Premature Birth1542..21........21
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus725317333430
Atelectasis....................
Injury at birth....................
Erysipelas....................
Syphilis11....2..1....3
Rickets................11
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)..............1..1
Convulsions..........1......1
Gastritis....................
Laryngitis....................
Bronchitis..1....1763421
Pneumonia (all forms)............53311
Suffocation, overlying....................
Other causes4..1..5..21..8
3691166230483342215
Nett Births in the year—Legitimate, 1,534; Illegitimate, 55. Nett Deaths in the year of Legitimate Infants, 813; Illegitimate Infants, 13.