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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 IV. Borough of Battersea. Infantile Mortality during the year 1911.

CAUSE Oh' 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 under One Year.
Small pox....................
Chicken-pox....................
Measles....112..25918
Scarfet Fever....................
Dipthheria and Croup................1l
Whooping-cough....1..1555622
Diarrhœa..313717362825113
Enteritis....3251819141773
Tuberculous Meningitis..........11114
Abdominal Tuberculosis..........12238
Other Tuberculous Diseases............2..24
Congenital Malformations1831..22321129
Premature Birth4677464........64
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmas134116341173762
Atelectasis....................
Injury at Birth1......1........1
Erysipelas....................
Syphilis11..13..11..5
Rickets................11
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)......11..13..5
Convulsions21....322....7
Gastritis......11........1
Laryngitis....................
Bronchitis12....3151331145
Pneumonia (all forms)12..25711181253
Saffocation, overlying....................
Other causes11..2114348130
94232722166831089297546
Nett Births in the year—Legitimate, 4,245; Illegitimate, 136. Nett Deaths in the year of Legitimate Infants, 2,377; Illegitimate Infants, 27.