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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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 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 9 | 11 |
Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Whooping-cough | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 19 |
Diphtheria and Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | 3 |
Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Tuberculous Meningitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Abdominal Tuberculosis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Other Tuberculous Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 |
Convulsions | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | 2 | .. | .. | 7 |
Laryngitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
Bronchitis | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 25 |
Pneumonia (all forms) | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 43 |
Diarrhœa | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 21 |
Enteritis | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 17 |
Gastritis | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 4 | .. | 2 | .. | 7 |
Syphilis | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | 6 |
Rickets | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Suffocation, overlying | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Injury at Birth | 3 | .. | .. | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | 9 |
Atelectasis | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 |
Congenital Malformations | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 |
Premature Birth | 53 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 71 | 9 | 1 | .. | .. | 81 |
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmas | 7 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 24 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 50 |
Other causes | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 6 | 5 | 4 | .. | 35 |
78 | 23 | 22 | 19 | 142 | 63 | 62 | 42 | 44 | 353 | |
Nett Births in the year-Legitimate, 4,169; Illegitimate, 86. Nett Deaths in the year of Legitimate, 2,030; Illegitimate Infants, 22. |