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—(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. |
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Small pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Chicken-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Measles | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | 2 | 5 | 9 | 18 |
Scarfet Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Dipthheria and Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | l |
Whooping-cough | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 22 |
Diarrhœa | .. | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 36 | 28 | 25 | 113 |
Enteritis | .. | .. | 3 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 19 | 14 | 17 | 73 |
Tuberculous Meningitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
Abdominal Tuberculosis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
Other Tuberculous Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | 4 |
Congenital Malformations | 18 | 3 | 1 | .. | 22 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 29 |
Premature Birth | 46 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 64 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 64 |
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmas | 13 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 34 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 62 |
Atelectasis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Injury at Birth | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Syphilis | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 3 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 5 |
Rickets | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 3 | .. | 5 |
Convulsions | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | 7 |
Gastritis | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Laryngitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Bronchitis | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | 3 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 11 | 45 |
Pneumonia (all forms) | 1 | 2 | .. | 2 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 12 | 53 |
Saffocation, overlying | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Other causes | 11 | .. | 2 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 30 |
94 | 23 | 27 | 22 | 166 | 83 | 108 | 92 | 97 | 546 | |
Nett Births in the year—Legitimate, 4,245; Illegitimate, 136. Nett Deaths in the year of Legitimate Infants, 2,377; Illegitimate Infants, 27. |