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 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Whooping-cough | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 |
Diphtheria and Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .... | .. |
Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Tuberculous Meningitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Abdominal Tuberculosis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Other Tuberculous Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Convulsions | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Laryngitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Bronchitis | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
Pneumonia (all forms) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 |
Diarrhœa | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 |
Enteritis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Gastritis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Syphilis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Rickets | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Suffocation, overlying | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Injury at Birth | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Atelectasis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Congenital Malformations | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Premature birth | 14 | .. | .. | .. | 14 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | 19 |
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus | l | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
Other causes | 3 | 2 | .. | 1 | 6 | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | 10 |
20 | 3 | .. | 3 | 26 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 55 | |
Nett Births in the year-Legitimate, 840; Illegitimate, 18. Nett Deaths in the year of Legitimate Infants, 496; Illegitimate Infants, 2. |