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Wandsworth 1906

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

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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
TABLE XXV.
(Table 5.)

Table: B orough of W andsworth — S pringfield S ub -D istrict.Infantile Mortality during the year1906.Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.

B orough of W andsworth — S pringfield 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 Week.1—2 Weeks.Weeks.Weeks.Total under 1 Month.1—2 Months.2—3 Months.Months.4—5 Months.5—6 Months.6—7 Months.7—8 Months.8—0 Months.9—10 Months.10— 11 Months.11—12 Months.Total Deaths under 1 Year.
All Causes—
Certified282654116111061313126454141
Uncertified...................................................
Common Infectious Diseases—
Small-pox...................................................
Chicken-pox...................................................
Measles.................................1......1...2
Scarlet Fever...................................................
Diphtheria: Croup......................................................
Whooping Cough...............1...1...1......1......26
Diarrhœal Diseases—
Diarrhoea, all forms...............5234651121...30
Enteritis, Muco-enteritis, Gastro-enteritis......1...1111...323...1......13
Gastritis, Gastrointestinal Catarrh1.........1..................1............2
Wasting Diseases—
Premature Birth13...11153..............................18
Congenital Defects311...5...I......1..................7
Injury at Birth...................................................
Want of Breast Milk, Starvation...................................................
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus71121123.........11............18
Tuberculous Diseases—
Tuberculous Meningitis........................11..................2
Tuberculous Peritonitis: Tabes Mesenterica.......................................1......1
Other Tuberculous Diseases..................1.........1............13
Erysipelas...................................................
Syphilis...................................................
Rickets....................................1.........1
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)...................................................
Convulsions2...1...31...2.........1............7
Bronchitis.........22113...121......2...15
Laryngitis...................................................
Pneumonia...............22...I...23......1...12
Suffocation, overlying...................................................
Other Causes2...1...3..............................14
282654116111061313126454141

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District (or Sub-Division) of Springfield.
Population (estimated to middle of 1906), 35,740.
Births in the year—legitimate, 897; illegitimate, 34.
Deaths in the year of—legitimate infants, 128; illegitimate infants, 13.
Deaths from all causes at all ages, 417.