Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report upon the public health and sanitary condition of the Parish of St. Mary, Battersea during the year1896
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TABLE I. Deaths of Battersea Parishioners in Public Institutions of the Metropolis.
DISEASE. | Totals. | Sex | Age. | Institutions. | ||||||||||||
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Males. | Females. | Under 1 year. | 1 to 5 years. | All under 5. | 5 to 15 years. | 15 to 25 years. | 25 to 65 years. | 65 and upwards. | Union Workhouse. | General and Special Hospitals. | Asylums Board Hospitals. | County and other Lunatic Asylums. | Elsewhere. | |||
1.—ZYMOTICS. | Small Pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Scarlatina | 27 | 11 | 16 | 1 | 19 | 20 | 7 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 25 | ... | ... | |
Diphtheria & Mem branous Croup | 32 | 12 | 20 | 2 | 17 | 19 | 12 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 28 | ... | ... | |
Typhus Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
Enteric | 6 | 4 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 3 | ... | 3 | ... | ... | 4 | 2 | ... | ... | |
Continued Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
Relapsing „ | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
Puerperal „ | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
Cholera | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
Erysipelas | 2 | ... | 2 | 2 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | |
Measles | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | |
Whooping Cough | 3 | 1 | 2 | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ||
Diarrhœa | 2 | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ||
Other Zymotics | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
Total Zymotics | 73 | 30 | 43 | 5 | 40 | 45 | 23 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ... | 17 | 55 | 1 | ... | |
Rheumatic Fever | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ||
Ague | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||
Phthisis | 23 | 15 | 8 | ... | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 15 | ... | ... | 20 | ... | 3 | ... | |
Tubercular | 13 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ... | ... | 13 | ... | ... | ... | |
Respiratory | 28 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 16 | ... | 1 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 1 | 2 | ... | ||
Circulatory | 21 | 13 | 8 | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 15 | ... | 1 | 2 | ||
Nervous | 50 | 34 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 31 | 8 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 32 | 1 | |
Cancer | 15 | 8 | 7 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 14 | 1 | ... | ... | ||
Violence | 26 | 19 | 7 | 2 | ... | 5 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 1 | ... | 20 | ... | ... | 6 | |
All Other Diseases | 69 | 44 | 25 | 24 | 2 | 26 | 3 | 4 | 28 | 4 | 2 | .56 | 1 | 7 | 3 | |
Totals | 319 | 189 | 130 | 44 | 58 | 102 | 39 | 19 | 133 | 26 | 7 | 195 | 59 | 46 | 12 |