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—(continued).
TABLE IV.-(continued). S.W. Battersea. Infantile Mortality during year 1911.
CAUSE OF DEATH. | Under 1 Week. | 1-2 Weeks. | 2-3 Weeks. | 3-4Weeks. | Total under 1 Month. | 1-3 Months. | 3-6 Months. | 6-9 Months. | 9-12 Months. | Total Deaths underOne Year. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Chicken-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Measles | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 |
Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Diphtheria and Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Whooping-cough | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Diarrhœa | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
Enteritis | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 1 | .. | 2 | 5 | 10 |
Tuberculous Meningitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Abdominal Tuberculosis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Other Tuberculous Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Congenital Malformations | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | 3 | .. | 1 | 1 | 8 |
Premature birth | 12 | .. | 1 | 2 | 15 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 15 |
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus | 3 | .. | 3 | .. | 6 | 5 | 1 | .. | 1 | 13 |
Atelectasis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Injury at Birth | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Syphilis | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Rickets | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Convulsions | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | l |
Gastritis | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Laryngitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Bronchitis | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | 5 |
Pneumonia (all forms) | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 3 | 2 | 7 |
Suffocation, overlying | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Other causes | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | l | 2 | 2 | .. | 7 |
21 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 35 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 79 | |
Nett Births in the year—Legitimate, 849; Illegitimate, 22. Nett Deaths in the year of Legitimate Infants, 529; Illegitimate Infants, 7. |