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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Battersea 1895
Report upon the public health and sanitary condition of the Parish of St. Mary, Battersea during the year1895
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Table B of Population, Births, and of New Cases of Infectious Sickness coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health, during the Year 1895 in the Metropolitan Sanitary District of Battersea, classified according to Diseases, Ages and Localities.
| Names of localities adopted for the purpose of these statistics. Public Institutionsbeing shown as separate localities. | Population at all ages. | Registered Births. | Aged under 5or over 5 | New Cases coming to knowledge of Medical Officer of Health No. of Cases removed for treatment in Isolation Hospitals. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | |||||
| Small Pox. | Scarlatina. | Diphtheria. | Membranous Croup. | fevers. | Cholera. | Erysipelas. | Small Pox. | Scarlatina. | Diphtheria. | Membranous Croup. | fevers. | Cholera. | Erysipelas. | |||||||||||||
| Typhus. | Enteric or Typhoid. | Continued. | Relapsing. | Puerperal. | Typhus. | Enteric or Typhoid. | Continued. | Relapsing. | Puerperal. | |||||||||||||||||
| Census. 1891. | Estimate to middle of1895. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| East Battersea | 67144 | 72749 | 2439 | Under 5 | 109 | 62 | 20 | 3 | 5 | 57 | 29 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 5 upwards | 16 | 261 | 120 | 6 | 62 | 3 | 5 | 98 | 15 | 139 | 29 | 1 | 32 | 3 | 5 | |||||||||||
| West Battersea (excluding Public Institutions) | 81999 | 95019 | 2825 | Under 5 | 106 | 68 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 47 | 28 | |||||||||||||||
| 5 upwards | 3 | 343 | 124 | 1 | 1 | 67 | 1 | 4 | 89 | 3 | 199 | 39 | 18 | 1 | 9 | |||||||||||
| Wandsworth & Clapham Union Infirmary, St. John's Hill | 615 | 615 | Under 5 | 5 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 upwards | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 44 | 2 | 3 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Bolingbroke Hospital, Bolingbroke Grove | Under 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 upwards | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Westminster Union Schools, St. James' Road | 152 | 152 | Under 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 upwards | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southlands College | Under 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 upwards | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Broomwood College | Under 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 upwards | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Emanuel Schools, Wandsworth Common | 232 | 232 | Under 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 upwards | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Masonic School for Girls, Battersea Rise | 316 | 316 | Under 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 upwards | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 150458 | 169083 | 5264 | Under 5 | 220 | 130 | 29 | 5 | 11 | 109 | 57 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 5 upwards | 2l | 610 | 245 | 7 | 1 | 130 | 5 | 10 | 233 | 20 | 344 | 68 | 1 | 51 | 3 | 1 | 14 | |||||||||