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Wandsworth 1905

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]

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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.

Table: TABLE XIX.(Table 5.)B orough of W andsworth— P utney S ub- D istrict.Infantile Mortality during the Year1905.Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year ot Age.

TABLE XIX.(Table 5.)

B orough of W andsworth— P utney S ub- D istrict.

Infantile Mortality during the Year1905.

Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year ot Age.

Cause of Death.Under 1 Week.1-2 Weeks.2-3 Weeks.3-4 Weeks.Total under 1 Month.1-2 Months.2—3 Months.3-4 Months.4-5 Months.5-6 Months.6-7 Months.7-8 Months.8-9 Months.9—10 Months.10—11 Months.11—12 Months.Total Deaths under 1 Year.
All Causes — Certified16351256253223234158
Uncertified...................................................
Common Infectious Diseases-Small pox...................................................
Chicken-pox...................................................
Measles..............................1111......4
Scarlet Fever...................................................
Diphtheria : Croup...................................................
Whooping Cough...............1......1111......1...6
Diarrhœal Diseases-Diarrhoea, all forms..................11........................2
Enteritis (not Tuberculous).................................1...1......3
Gastritis, Gastrointestinal Catarrh......1...1.................................1
Wasting Diseases— Premature Birth631...10.................................10
Congenital Defects4.........4.........1.....................6
Injury at Birth...................................................
Want of Breast Milk...................................................
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus1...113......2..................1...6
Tuberculous Diseases— Tuberculous Meningitis.....................................1...1...2
Tuberculous Peritonitis : Tabes Mesenterica...................................................
Other Tuberculous Dis-eases...................................................
Erysipelas...................................................
Syphilis......1............1........................3
Pickets...................................................
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)..........................................1...1
Convulsions1.............................................1
Bronchitis..................1........................13
Laryngitis...................................................
Pneumonia......1...1.........1............1......5
Suffocation, overlaying1.........1......1........................2
Other causes3.........3.................................3
16351256253223234158

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District (or Sub-Division) of Putney.
Population (estimated to middle of 1905), 28,230.
Births in the year—legitimate, 516; illegitimate, 13.
Deaths from all causes at all ages, 304.