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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 XXII.(Table 5.)Borough of Wandsworth—Wandsworth, Southfield Sub-District.Infantile Mortality during the Year1905.Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.

TABLE XXII.(Table 5.)

Borough of Wandsworth—Wandsworth, Southfield Sub-District.

Infantile Mortality during the Year1905.

Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of 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 Months4-5 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-Certified29685481515129131169679160
Uncertified...................................................
Common Infectious Diseases— Small-pox...................................................
Chicken-pox...................................................
Measles...........................1..................1
Scarlet Fever...................................................
Diphtheria: Croup...................................................
Whooping Cough...............11112212............
Diarrhœal Diseases — Diarrhoea, all forms......1...13343232231229
Enteritis (not Tubercu lous) .......1...11...2111...2......110
Gastritis, Gastro-Intesti nal Catarrh..................11...1...1............4
Wasting Diseases-Premature Birth14...21172............1...............20
Congenital Defects631...10...1...1.....................12
Injury at Birth...................................................
Want of Breast Milk...................................................
Atrophy, Debility, Maras mus521...8331...31.........1...20
Tuberculous Diseases-Tuberculous Meningitis..........................................1...2
Tuberculous Peritonitis Tabes Mesenterica...............1......1111............5
Other Tuberculous Dis eases..........................................112
Erysipelas...................................................
Syphilis2.........2.................................2
Rickets...................................................
Meningitis (not Tubercu lous).........11......1........................2
Convulsions1...1...21..............................5
Bronchitis.........2211...121............110
Laryngitis...................................................
Pneumonia...............2511......1121317
Suffocation, overlaying......................................................
Other Causes11114...............1...1......17
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District (or Sub-Division) of Wandsworth.
Population (estimated to middle of 1905). 36,900.
Births in the year—legitimate, 1,288; illegitimate, 35.
Deaths from all causes at all ages, 665.