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Wandsworth 1909

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

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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.

Table: TABLE XX1IJ.(Table 5.)Borough ofWandsworth—TootingSub-District.Infantile Mortality during the year 1909.Deaths from statedCausesinWeeks and Months underOneYear of Age .

TABLE XX1IJ.(Table 5.)Borough ofWandsworth—TootingSub-District.

Infantile Mortality during the year 1909.

Deaths from statedCausesinWeeks and Months underOneYear of Age .

Cause of Death.Under 1 Week.1—2 Weeks.2—3 WeeksWeeks.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—10i Months.10—11 Months.11-12 Months.Total Deaths. under 1 Year.
All Causes— Certified .14566311071234469851100
Uncertified Common Infectious Diseases —...................................................
Small-pox...................................................
Chicken-pox...................................................
Measles..........................................1......
Scarlet Fever...................................................
Diphtheria: Mem.Croup...................................................
Wnooping Cough.....................2..................1...3
Diarrhoœl Diseases—
Diarrhoea, all forms...............1...21...21...............
Enteritis, Muco-enteritis, Gastro-enteritis...............33112......311......
Gastritis, Gastrointestinal Catarrh................................................j5
Wasting Diseases—
Premature Birth713...11.................................
Congenital Defects2.........21...1........................11
Injury at Birth1.................................1.........5
Want of Breast Milk, Starvation...................................................
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus33...173211.........1.........15
Tuberculous Diseases-...................................................
Tuberculous Meningitis...................1..................1......2
Tuberculous Peritonitis Tabes Mesenterica...................................................
Other Tuberculous Diseases...................................................
Erysipelas.....................1...........................
Syphilis...1......2....................................
Rickets................................................3
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)...................................................
Convulsions1.........1....................................
Bronchitis......1............3............22.........
Laryngitis......................................................
Pneumonia......112111...2......1............
Suffocation, overlying................................................
Other Causes......1...2..................11.........4
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District (or Sub-Division) of Springfield.
Population (estimated to the middle of 1909)
Births in the year—legitimate, 998 ; illegitimate, 24.
Deaths in the year of—legitimate intants, 97 ; illegitimate infants, 5.
Deaths from all causes at all ages, 440.