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Wimbledon 1908
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]
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| Tuberculous Diseases. | Congenital Defects | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 5 |
| Injury at Birth | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | |
| Want of Breast-milk, Starvation | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus | 1 | — | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | |
| Tuberculous Meningitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 2 | |
| Tuberculous Peritonitis: Tabes Mesenterica | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Other Tuberculous Diseases | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | 2 | |
| Other Causes. | Erysipelas | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Syphilis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Rickets | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | |
| Convulsions | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | |
| Bronchitis | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 6 | |
| Laryngitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Pneumonia | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | 5 | |
| Suffocation, overlying | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Other Causes | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 8 | |
| 18 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 30 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 82 | ||
Births in the year— Legitimate, 1,108.
Illegitimate, 36.
Deaths from all Causes at all Ages, 454.
Deaths in the year of— Legitimate Infants, 73.
Illegitimate Infants, 9.
Population— Estimated to middle of 1908— 54,274