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 1912
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TABLE IV.
CAUSE OF DEATH | Under 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. |
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Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Chicken-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Measles | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 6 | 8 |
Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Whooping-cough | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
Diphtheria arid Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Tuberculous Meningitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Abdominal Tuberculosis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Other Tuberculous Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
Convulsions | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | 2 | .. | .. | 7 |
Laryngitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
Bronchitis | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
Pneumonia (all forms) | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 18 |
Diarrhœa | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 4 | 2 | .. | 9 |
Enteritis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 4 | 2 | .. | 8 |
Gastritis | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Syphilis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Rickets | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Suffocation, overlying | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Injury at Birth | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | 6 |
Atelectasis | l | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Congenital Malformations | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 |
Premature birth | 20 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 31 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 34 |
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 26 |
Other causes | 4 | 2 | 1 | .. | 7 | 3 | .. | 3 | .. | 13 |
29 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 63 | 29 | 29 | 19 | 19 | 159 | |
Nett Births in the year—Legitimate, 1943; Illegitimate, 36. Nett Deaths in the year of Legitimate infants, 886; Illegitimate Infants, 9. |