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Wandsworth 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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Borough of Wandsworth—Springfield Sub-District Infant Mortality 1913. Nett Deaths from stated causes at various Ages under 1 Year of Age.
| Causes of Death. | Under 1 week. | 1—2 weeks. | 2—3 Weeks. | Weeks. | Total under 4 Weeks. | 4 Weeks 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All causes | Certified | 27 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 42 | 27 | 20 | 19 | 11 | 119 |
| Uncertified | |||||||||||
| Small-pox | |||||||||||
| Chicken-pox | |||||||||||
| Measles | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | |||||||
| Scarlet Fever | |||||||||||
| Whooping-cough | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |||||||
| Diphtheria and Croup | |||||||||||
| Erysipelas | |||||||||||
| Tuberculous Meningitis | |||||||||||
| Abdominal Tuberculosis | |||||||||||
| Other Tuberculous Diseases | |||||||||||
| Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | |||||||||||
| Convulsions | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | ||||
| Laryngitis | |||||||||||
| Bronchitis | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 13 | |||
| Pneumonia (all forms) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 16 | |||
| Diarrhœa | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||||||
| Enteritis | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 20 | ||||
| Gastritis | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
| Syphilis | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Rickets | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Suffocation, overlying | |||||||||||
| Injury at birth | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Atelectasis | |||||||||||
| Congenital Malformations | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | |||||||
| Premature birth | 1 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 17 | ||||||
| Atrophy,Debility and Marasmus | 6 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 14 | ||||
| Other causes | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | ||||
| Totals | 27 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 42 | 27 | 20 | 19 | 11 | 119 | |
Nett Births in the year—legitimate, 896; illegitimate, 48
Nett Deaths in the year of—legitimate infants, 105; illegitimate infants, 14.