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Battersea 1899

Report upon the public health and sanitary condition of the Parish of St. Mary, Battersea during the year1899

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In the foregoing Table VII., it will be observed that twentydeaths
are recorded as having occurred "elsewhere." This
number is composed largely of deaths from heart disease and
violence, including bodies of parishioners recovered from the
Thames outside the Battersea Reach. The places where
death occurred are here set out:—
Male Balham Hill.
,, Larkhall Rise, Clapham.
,, Putney Heath.
,, On way to St. Bartholomew's Hospital.
,, Goldhawk Road, Hammersmith.
,, SS. "Penelope," River Thames.
Female Franklin Road, Chelsea.
Male Paddington Station.
Female King's Road, Chelsea.
Male Beaumont Street, Marylebone.
,, Spa Road, Bermondsey.
,, River Thames.
,, ,,
,, ,,
,, On way to St. George's Hospital.
,, ,, ,,
Female Portland Place, Clapham.
Maie Nine Elms Goods Yard, Lambeth.
,, On way to Guy's Hospital.
,, Charing Cross District Railway.
The particulars of deaths of non-parishioners dying within
the parish will be found in Tables VI., XV. and XVI.
Tables VIII. and IX., give the number of Births and Deaths
registered weekly in East and West Battersea respectively, and
include the deaths of all persons within the parish and in
public institutions, whether parishioners or not. They shew