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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.–(continued). North-West Battersea.Infantile Mortality during the Year 1912.

CAUSE OF DEATH.Under 1 Week.1-2 Weeks.2-3 Weeks.3-4 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................33
Scarlet Fever....................
Whooping-cough..........12429
Diphtheria and Croup..........1....12
Erysipelas....................
Tuberculous Meningitis............1..12
Abdominal Tuberculosis....................
Other Tuberculous Diseases....................
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)......11........1
Convulsions....................
Laryngitis....................
Bronchitis..........362213
Pneumonia (all forms)......11..44514
Diarrhœa..........342110
Enteritis....1..115..18
Gastritis..........3..2..5
Syphilis..11..22..1..5
Rickets......11........1
Suffocation, overlying..............1..1
Injury at birth1......1........1
Atelectasis2......2........2
Congenital Malformations..1....1........1
Premature Birth19331262......28
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus324l10532121
Other causes412..7221..12
2981155323271917139
Nett Births in the year—Legitimate, 1,386; Illegitimate, 32. Nett Deaths in the year of Legitimate Infants, 661; Illegitimate Infants, 11.