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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
one from Tubercular Meningitis, and two from Enteritis. In
Clapham, South, one died from Convulsions, one (illegitimate)
from Congestion of the Lungs, and one from Enteritis. In
Putney, one (illegitimate) died from Acute Catarrh of Lungs,
and one from Muco-Enteritis. In Streatham, seven died—two
from Diarrhoea, and the others from Pneumonia, Whooping
Cough, Tubercular Meningitis, Inanition and Prematurity,
and Convulsions respectively. In Balham, eight died—three
from Broncho-pneumonia, three from Diarrhoea, Gastritis and
Enteritis, one from Marasmus, and one from Prematurity. In
Tooting, nine died—four from Broncho-pneumonia (one being
illegitimate), two from Enteritis (one illegitimate), one from
Marasmus, one from Atrophy, and one from Tubercular
Meningitis. In Southfield, 10 died—two from Enteritis, three
(one illegitimate) from Diarrhoea, two from Bronchitis, one
from Whooping Cough, and one from Prematurity and
Inanition. In Fairfield, 10 died—five from Bronchitis, and the
others from Prematurity and Inanition (a twin birth), Congenital
Syphilis, Whooping Cough, Heart Failure, and
Pyloric Stenosis respectively. In Springfield there were 26
deaths, mainly from Bronchitis and Pneumonia, 15 being due
to that cause, one from Whooping Cough, one from Tuberculosis,
the mother dying of Consumption within a few weeks
of the child's death, one from Wasting, one from Peritonitis,
one (illegitimate) from Syphilis, and eight (one illegitimate)
from Diarrhoea, Enteritis and Gastritis—of these eight, four
were in the Union Infirmary for some time, and died there,
and one had also the complication of Acute Bronchitis.
"Of the 3,488 infants visited 72 were premature (Clapham,
North, eight; Clapham, South, one; Putney four,
Streatham two, Balham two, Tooting six, Southfield 14, Fairfield
15 and Springfield 20); of these nine died (Clapham,
North, one, Streatham, one, Balham one, Tooting one, Southfield
one, Fairfield two). 26 were delicate from birth (Clapham,
North, one; Clapham, South, one; Putney two, Streatham
two, Balham three, Tooting four, Southfield one, Fairfield
four, Springfield eight), and of these six died (Clapham,
South, one; Streatham two, Tooting one, Fairfield one,
Springfield one).