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Battersea 1912

Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1912

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TABLE IV. Required by the Local Government Board to be used in the Annual Reports of the Medical Officer of Health.East Battersea.Infantile Mortality during the Year 1912.

CAUSE OF DEATHUnder 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.
Small-pox....................
Chicken-pox....................
Measles..............268
Scarlet Fever....................
Whooping-cough..........24118
Diphtheria arid Croup..........1......1
Erysipelas....................
Tuberculous Meningitis..............1..1
Abdominal Tuberculosis..............213
Other Tuberculous Diseases............1....1
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)................11
Convulsions11....232....7
Laryngitis................11
Bronchitis....11221128
Pneumonia (all forms)....213462318
Diarrhœa..........342..9
Enteritis..........242..8
Gastritis..1....11......2
Syphilis....................
Rickets....................
Suffocation, overlying....................
Injury at Birth......22121..6
Atelectasisl1....2........2
Congenital Malformations....1..1......12
Premature birth206233121....34
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus314412542326
Other causes421..73..3..13
291211116329291919159
Nett Births in the year—Legitimate, 1943; Illegitimate, 36. Nett Deaths in the year of Legitimate infants, 886; Illegitimate Infants, 9.