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Battersea 1913
Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1913
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TABLE IV.—(continued).
South-West Battersea. Infant Mortality, 1913.—Nett Deaths from stated causes at various Ages under 1 Year of Age.
| CAUSES OF DEATH. | Under 1 week. | 1-2 weeks. | 2-3 weeks. | 3-4 weeks. | Total under 4 weeks. | 4 weeks & under 3 months. | 3 months & under 6 months. | 6 months & under 9 months. | 9 months & under 12 months. | Total Deaths under 1 year. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small-pox | |||||||||||
| Chicken-pox | |||||||||||
| Measles | 1 | ||||||||||
| Scarlet Fever | |||||||||||
| Whooping-cough | |||||||||||
| Diphtheria and Croup | |||||||||||
| Erysipelas | |||||||||||
| Tuberculous Meningitis | |||||||||||
| Abdominal Tuberculosis . ... | |||||||||||
| Other Tuberculous Diseases... | |||||||||||
| Meningitis (not 7 ubrrculous) ... | 1 | ||||||||||
| Convulsions | 1 | ||||||||||
| Laryngitis | |||||||||||
| Bronchitis | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | |||||||
| Pneumonia (all forms) | 1 | 2 | l | 4 | 8 | ||||||
| Diarrhoea | |||||||||||
| Enteritis | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | ||||||
| Gastritis | |||||||||||
| Syphilis | |||||||||||
| Rickets | |||||||||||
| Suffocation, overlying | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Injury at Birth | 3 | 3 | |||||||||
| Atelectasis | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Congenital Malformations | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||
| Premature Birtli | 11 | 13 | 13 | ||||||||
| Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus | 5 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 12 | |||||
| Other Causes | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | ||||
| Totals | 23 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 31 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 64 | ||
| Nett Births in the year—Legitimate, 881; Illegitimate, 22. | |||||||||||
| Nett Deaths in the year of Legitimate Infants, 60; Illegitimate Infants, 4 | |||||||||||
Nett Births in the year—Legitimate, 881; Illegitimate, 22.
Nett Deaths in the year of Legitimate Infants, 60; Illegitimate Infants, 4