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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). S.W. Battersea.Infantile Mortality during 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....................
Scarlet Fever..................
Whooping-cough......11......12
Diphtheria and Croup......................
Erysipelas..................
Tuberculous Meningitis....................
Abdominal Tuberculosis....................
Other Tuberculous Diseases....................
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)....................
Convulsions....................
Laryngitis....................
Bronchitis......11..1114
Pneumonia (all forms)..........223411
Diarrhœa................22
Enteritis..........1......1
Gastritis....................
Syphilis..........1......1
Rickets....................
Suffocation, overlying....................
Injury at Birth2......2........2
Atelectasis....................
Congenital Malformations....................
Premature birth14......145......19
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmusl1....21......3
Other causes32..1613....10
203..3261164855
Nett Births in the year-Legitimate, 840; Illegitimate, 18. Nett Deaths in the year of Legitimate Infants, 496; Illegitimate Infants, 2.