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.–(continued).
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. | |
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Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Chicken-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Measles | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 3 | |
Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Whooping-cough | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | |
Diphtheria and Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | |
Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Tuberculous Meningitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | |
Abdominal Tuberculosis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Other Tuberculous Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
Convulsions | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Laryngitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Bronchitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 13 | |
Pneumonia (all forms) | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 4 | 4 | 5 | 14 | |
Diarrhœa | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | |
Enteritis | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 5 | .. | 1 | 8 | |
Gastritis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 2 | .. | 5 | |
Syphilis | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | 5 | |
Rickets | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
Suffocation, overlying | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | |
Injury at birth | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
Atelectasis | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | |
Congenital Malformations | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
Premature Birth | 19 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 28 | |
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus | 3 | 2 | 4 | l | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 21 | |
Other causes | 4 | 1 | 2 | .. | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .. | 12 | |
29 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 53 | 23 | 27 | 19 | 17 | 139 | ||
Nett Births in the year—Legitimate, 1,386; Illegitimate, 32. Nett Deaths in the year of Legitimate Infants, 661; Illegitimate Infants, 11. |