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Wandsworth 1906

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

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Table: Report of the Medical Officer of Health.TABLE XXIII.(Table5.)B orough of W andsworth— T ooting S ub -D istrict.Infantile Mortality during the year1906.Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.

Report of the Medical Officer of Health.

TABLE XXIII.(Table5.)

B orough of W andsworth— T ooting S ub -D istrict.

Infantile Mortality during the year1906.

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

Cause of Death.Under 1 Week.1—2 Weeks.WeeksW^eeks.Total under 1 Month.1 — 2 Months.a—3 Months.3—4 Months.Months.5—6 Months.6 7 Months. 17-1 Months.Montlis.9—10 Months.10—11 Months.11—12 Months.Total Deaths under 1 Year.
All Causes —
Certified218133451213121413976881148
Uncertified1......12.................................2
Common Infectious Diseases —
Small-pox...................................................
Chicken-pox...................................................
Measles......1...1............1...1............3
Scarlet Fever.......................................1......1
Diphtheria: Croup.........1121.....................1...5
Wnooping Cough...................................................
Diarrhceal Diseases—
Diarrhoea, all forms......2134466634332145
Enteritis, Muco-enteritis, Gastro-enteritis..................11...11...............4
Gastritis, Gastro-Intesti-nal Catarrh...........................11...............2
Wasting Diseases—
Premature Birth1318...221..............................23
Congenital Defects332...81..............................10
Injury at Birth2.........2.................................2
Want of Breast Milk, Starvation...................................................
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus21...1414...2.....................11
Tuberculous Diseases—
Tuberculous Meningitis..................I...111...1.........5
Tuberculous Peritonitis : Tabes Mesenterica.........11...11...............1......4
Other Tuberculous Diseases.....................111............1...4
Erysipelas...................................................
Syphilis...................................................
Rickets...................................................
Meningitis (not Tuberculous).................................1............1
Convulsions21......3............1..................4
Bronchitis...1......121......1..................6
Laryngitis...................................................
Pneumonia.....................12......113......13
Suffocation, overlying...................................................
Other Causes...1......11...22.........1.........7
228134471213121413976881150

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District (or Sub-Division) of Tooting.
Population (estimated to middle of 1906), 28,610.
Biiths in the year—legitimate, 988 ; illegitimate, 38.
Deaths in the year of—legitimate infants, 135 ; illegitimate infants, 15.
Deaths from all causes at all ages, 386.