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Wandsworth 1908

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

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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.

Table: TABLE XXIV.Table 5.) Borough ofWandsworth —SouthfieldSub-District.Infantile Mortality during the year1908.Deaths fromstatedCauses in Weeks and Months underOneYearofAge .

TABLE XXIV.

Table 5.) Borough ofWandsworth —SouthfieldSub-District.

Infantile Mortality during the year1908.

Deaths fromstatedCauses in Weeks and Months underOneYearofAge .

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-
Certified331156551398764661144133
Uncerified...................................................
Common Infectious Diseases—
Small-pox...................................................
Chicken-pox...................................................
Measles..........................................2...2
Scarlet Fever...................................................
Diphtheria: Mem. Croup...................................................
Whooping Cough..............................11...2......4
Diarrhœal Diseases—
Diarrhœa, all forms.........11...32...2...111......11
Enteritis, Muco-enteritis. Gastro-enteritis...12...3...12311...11...215
Gastritis, Gastro-Intestinal Catarrh11......21..............................3
Wasting Diseases—
Premature Birth1842...2451...........................30
Congenital Defects411...6.........1.....................7
Injury at Birth12......3.................................3
Want of Breast Milk, Starvation...................................................
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus51...28311......1111......17
Tuberculous Diseases—
Tuberculous Meningitis..................1..................1......2
Tuberculous Peritonitis: Tabes Mesenterica..................1...........................1
Other Tuberculous Diseases...................................................
Erysipelas...................................................
Syphilis..................1............1...1......3
Rickets...................................................
Meningitis (not Tuberculous..............................1...11......3
Convulsions2......13.................................3
Bronchitis...1...123...121...1...11...12
Laryngitis...................................................
Pneumonia...............1...111...122...110
Suffocation, overlying...................................................
Other Causes2......13......1...1............117
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District (or Sub-Division) of Southfield.
Population (estimated to the middle of 1908), 57,900.
Births in the year—legitimate, 1432 ; illegitimate, 29.
Deaths in the year of—legitimate infants, 126; illegitimate infants, 7.
Deaths from all causes at all ages, 634.