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Wandsworth 1912
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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Report of the Medical Officer of Health. 279
B orough of W andsworth— T ooting Sub- D istrict.
1912. Nett Deaths from stated causes at various Ages under 1 Year of Age .
| Cause of Death. | Under 1 Week. | 1—2 Weeks. | 2—3 Weeks. | 3—4 Weeks. | Total under 4 weeks. | 1 Month and under 3 Months. | 3 Months and under 6 Months. | 6 Months and under 9 Months. | 9 Months and under 12 Months | Total Deaths under 1 Year. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allcauses | Certified | 20 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 37 | 25 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 97 |
| Uncertified | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Small-pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Chicken-pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Measles | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | |
| ScarletFever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Whooping-cough | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | 3 | 6 | |
| DiphtheriaandCroup | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Erysipelas | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| TuberculousMeningitis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| AbdominalTuberculosis | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | |
| OtherTuberculousDiseases | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | i | ... | 1 | |
| Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 2 | ... | 4 | |
| Convulsions | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 4 | |
| Laryngitis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Bronchitis | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 4 | 1 | ... | 3 | 1 | 9 | |
| Pneumonia (allforms) | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | |
| Diarrhœa | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 3 | 2 | ... | 8 | |
| Enteritis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 6 | 5 | ... | 2 | 13 | |
| Gastritis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Syphilis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Rickets | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Suffocation, overlying | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | |
| Injuryatbirth | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Atelectasis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| CongenitalMalformations | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | |
| Prematurebirth | 15 | 1 | ... | 1 | 17 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 19 | |
| Atrophy, DebilityandMarasmus | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | ... | 2 | ... | 17 | |
| Othercauses | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | |
| 20 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 37 | 25 | 10 | 14 | 11 | 97 | ||
Nett Births in the year—legitimate, 935; illegitimate, 33.
Nett Deaths in the year of—legitimate infants, 89; illegitimate infants, 8.