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Wandsworth 1910

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

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

Table: TABLE XXVII. Borough of Wandsworth —Southfield Sub-District.Infantile Mortality during the year 1910.Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.

TABLE XXVII. Borough of Wandsworth —Southfield Sub-District.

Infantile Mortality during the year 1910.

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 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— Certified2765846814662555273109
Uncertified...................................................
Common Infectious Diseases— Small-pox...................................................
Chicken-pox...................................................
Measles...................................................
Scarlet Fever...................................................
Diphtheria: Mem. Croup...................................................
Whooping Cough..................11......1...1...3...7
Diarrhœal Diseases— Diarrhœa, all forms...............142.........12.........10
Enteritis, Muco-enteritis, Gastro-enteritis...............12...1......1...11...7
Gastritis, Gastro-intesti nal Catarrh..............................1...............1
Wasting Diseases— Premature Birth16...21192......1.....................22
Congenital Defects24...28...1............1............10
Injury at Birth1.........1.................................1
Want of Breast Milk Starvation...................................................
Atrophy, Debility, Maras mus411173222111............19
Tuberculous Diseases-Tuberculous Meningitis.............................................11
Tuberculous Peritonitis Tabes Mesenterica...................................................
Other Tuberculous Diseases...................................................
Erysipelas...................................................
Syphilis.........11...1...1.....................3
Rickets1..................1........................1
Meningitis (not Tuberculous...1......1...........................1...2
Convulsions...................................................
Bronchitis..................2...1.....................5
Laryngitis...................................................
Pneumonia1...13511......1......111214
Suffocation, overlying...................................................
Other Causes3...1...4..................11.........6
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District (or Sub-Division) of Southfield.
Population (estimated to the middle of 1910), 59,520.
Births in the year—legitimate, 1,329; illegitimate, 31.
Deaths in the year of—legitimate infants, 96; illegitimate infants, 13.
Deaths from all causes at all ages, 586.