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

TABLE XXIII.(Table 5.)

Borough of Wandsworth—Wandsworth, Springfield 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 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-Certified2381537151299991210542133
Uncertified...................................................
Common Infectious Diseases — Small-pox...................................................
Chicken-pox...................................................
Measles..............................1......1......2
Scarlet Fever...................................................
Diphtheria : Croup...................................................
Whooping Cough...........................1......1.........2
Diarrhoeal Diseases — Diarrhoea, all forms...............2313425311...25
Enteritis (not Tuberculous)...............1211...21...1110
Gastritis, Gastrointestinal Catarrh...................................................
Wasting Diseases- Premature Birth12111151......1.....................17
Congenital Defects21...14.................................4
Injury at Birth...................................................
Want of Breast Milk...................................................
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus53...19315......1...............19
Tuberculous Diseases-Tuberculous Meningitis.....................1..................1...2
Tuberculous Peritonitis: Tabes Mesenterica....................................11......2
Other Tuberculous Diseases...........................1......1.........2
Erysipelas.................................1............1
Syphilis...............1......2.........1.........6
Rickets...................................................
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)....................................1.........1
Convulsions41......5.........1.....................6
Bronchitis...1...2342...1121.........216
Laryngitis...................................................
Pneumonia...............3...1...113211...13
Suffocation, overlaying...................................................
Other Causes...1......1...2......1...1............5
2381537151299991210542133

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District (or Sub-Division) of Wandsworth.
Population (estimated to middle of 1905), 48,730.
Births in the year—legitimate, 941 ; illegitimate, 28.
Deaths from all causes at all ages, 404.