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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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mortality of 2.1 per cent. of the cases of sickness under care,
representing those dying at their homes; a large number of
the more serious cases however, were admitted to the
Wandsworth and Clapham Union Infirmary, the mortality
amongst whom is not shewn here, but is included, amongst
others, in Table XIV. and XV., in an earlier part of this report.

Table: TABLE XXI. Sickness and Mortality amongst the Parish Poor during the year 1899.

TABLE XXI. Sickness and Mortality amongst the Parish Poor during the year 1899.

ZYMOTIC OR EPIDEMIC DISEASES.Grand Totals of Cases and Deaths from all Diseases.
Battersea.Small-Pox.Measles.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Whooping Cough.Enteric & other Fevers.Erysipelas.Puerperal Fever or Metria.Diarrhoea, Dysentery, or Cholera.Influenza.Other Zymotic Diseases.Total.
Cases...73616852641281595430
Deaths...6......1.........61...14
OTHER DISEASES.
Battersea.Diseases of the Tubercular ClassOf Brain, Nerves, &c.Of Heart.Of Respiratory Organs.Of Digestive Organs.Of Kidneys.Premature Birth, Low Vitality, Malformation, &c.Age.Violence.All other Diseases.Total.
Cases136233125882187155277121217141524582
Deaths10621932715...208498