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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 1899
Report upon the public health and sanitary condition of the Parish of St. Mary, Battersea during the year1899
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TABLE VI.
Table a of Deaths during the Year 1899 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 Institutions being shewn as separate localities. | Mortality from all causes, at subjoined Ages. | Mortality from subjoined causes, distinguishing Deaths of Children under 5 Years. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | Total. | |||||||||
| At all ages. | Under 1 year. | 1 and under 5 | 5 and under 15 | 15 and under 25 | 25 and under 65 | 65 and upwards | Small Pox. | Scarlatina. | Diphtheria. | Membranous Croup. | fevers. | Cholera. | Erysipelas. | Measles. | Whooping Cough. | Diarrhoea and Dysentery. | Rheumatic Fever. | Phthisis. | Bronchitis, Pneumonia, &c. | Heart Disease. | Influenza. | Injuries. | All Other Diseases. | |||||||
| Typhus. | Enteric Fever. | Continued. | Relapsing. | Puerperal. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| East Battersea | 1089 | 421 | 149 | 45 | 32 | 295 | 147 | Under 5 | ... | ... | 4 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 57 | 24 | 66 | ... | 10 | 123 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 265 | 570 |
| 5 upwards | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 81 | 114 | 65 | 13 | 27 | 97 | 519 | ||||||||
| West Battersea (excludingPublicInsts. | 1172 | 379 | 129 | 46 | 49 | 335 | 234 | Under 5 | ... | ... | 7 | 3 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 28 | 26 | 46 | ... | 5 | 96 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 273 | 508 |
| 5 upwards | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | 6 | ... | ... | 5 | ... | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 104 | 134 | 76 | 23 | 19 | 276 | 664 | |||||||||
| Wandsworth & Clap ham Union Infirmary. | 574 | 38 | 22 | 2 | 22 | 302 | 188 | Under 5 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 6 | ... | 2 | ... | 2 | 6 | ... | ... | 1 | 41 | 60 |
| 5 upwards | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 8 | ... | ... | 4 | 2 | 104 | 67 | 105 | 3 | 8 | 211 | 514 | ||||||||
| Bolingbroke Hospital | 23 | ... | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 3 | Under 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 |
| 5 upwards | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 10 | 12 | 22 | ||||||||
| Under 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||
| 5 upwards | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||
| Totals | 2858 | 838 | 301 | 97 | 104 | 946 | 572 | Under 5 | ... | ... | 12 | 4 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 91 | 50 | 114 | ... | 17 | 225 | 6 | 5 | 32 | 579 | 1139 |
| 5 upwards | ... | ... | 4 | 1 | ... | 9 | ... | ... | 7 | ... | 13 | 12 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 289 | 315 | 246 | 39 | 64 | 696 | 1719 | ||||||||
| THE SUBJOINED NUMBERS HAVE ALSO TO BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT IN JUDGING OF THE ABOVE RECORDS OF MORTALITY | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Deaths occurring outside the District of Persons belonging thereto. | 348 | 24 | 55 | 45 | 30 | 160 | 34 | Under 5 | ... | 11 | 29 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 9 | ... | ... | 2 | 23 | 79 | |
| 5 upwards | ... | 3 | 13 | ... | ... | 29 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 39 | 18 | 31 | 4 | 25 | 105 | 26 9 | |||||||||
| Deaths occurring within the District of Persons not belonging thereto. | 301 | 27 | 18 | 5 | 10 | 140 | 101 | Under 5 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | ... | 4 | ... | 1 | 8 | ... | ... | 5 | 22 | 45 |
| 5 upwards | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 4 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 44 | 30 | 2 | 104 | 256 | ||||||||||