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Battersea 1913

Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1913

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Deaths Registered from all Causes for the Year 1913—continued.

Causes of Death.0 to 11to 22 to 55to 1010 to 1515 to 2525 to 3535 to 4545 to 5555 to 6565 to 7575 to 8585 and upwardsTotals.E.n.w.s.w.M.F.
11.—Diseases of Early Infancy.
151. (a) Premature Birth85....................................853339134540
(b) Infantile Debility, Icterus, and Sclerema621.................................633217143924
152. Other Diseases peculiar to early Infancy15....................................15744114
153. Lack of Care4....................................412131
12.—Old Age.
154. (a) Senile Dementia.........................................................
(b) Senile Decay...........................32989271485550435494
13.—Affections Produced by External Causes
155 to 163. Suicides...............244141......16745115
164. Poisoning by Food.........2...........................22......11
165. Other Acute Poisonings........................21.........321...3...
166. Conflagration......................................................
167. Burns (Conflagration excepted)112211..................1935154
168. Absorption of Deleterious Gases
(Conflagration excepted)8....................................834135
169. Accidental Drowning............13...4...............844•••62
170 to 176. Injuries......124745510763542716113915
177. Starvation.........................................................
178. Excessive Cold.........................................................
179. Effects of Heat......................................................
180. Lightning.........................................................
181. Electricity (Lightning excepted).........................................................
182 to 184. Homicide......1........................1...21...111
185. Fractures (cause not specified).........................................................
186. Other Violence.........1...1......111......51315...
14.—Ill-Defined Causes.
187. Dropsy......................................................
188. (a) Syncope (aged 1 year and under 70).........................................................
(b) Sudden Death (not otherwise defined).........................................................
189. (a) Heart Failure (aged 1 year and under 70).........................................................
(b) Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus (agfd 1 year and under 70)...1.................................11.........1
(c) Teething1....................................11......1...
(d) Pyrexia.........................................................
(e) Other ill-defined Deaths.........................................................
(f) Cause not specified.........1.........1...............211...11