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

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The following are the particulars of the last three census enumerations, the number of inhabited houses, of persons, and of inhabitants per house being given for the several wards into which the parish is at present divided.

	Census 1881.			Census 1891.			Census 1896.
	Inhabited Houses.	Population.	No. of Inhabitants per House.	Inhabited Houses.	Population.	No. of Inhabitants per House.	Inhabited Houses.	Population	No. of Inhabitants per House.

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Table shewing the population in relation to houses in each ward as indicated by the Census of 1896.

Wards.	Houses.				Population.
Wards.	Inhabited.	Empty.	Occupied by day only	Building.	Male.	Female.	Total.

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The two thousand seven hundred and sixty-two persons, including non-parishioners, who died in the parish during 1898, would give a gross death rate of 16.0 per thousand living during the year, and were distributed as follows:—

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Table A of Deaths during the Year 1898 in the Metropolitan Sanitary District of Battersea, classified according to Diseases, Ages and Localities.

Mortality from all causes, at subjoined Ages.							Mortality from subjoined causes, distinguishing Deaths of Children under 5 Years.
Mortality from all causes, at subjoined Ages.							1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
At all ages.	Under 1 year.	1 and under 5	5 and under 15	15 and under 25	25 and under 65	65 and up wards	1	2	3	4	fevers.					10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
							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.	Total.
							Small Pox.	Scarlatina.	Diphtheria.	Membranous Croup.	Typhus.	Enteric Fever.	Continued.	Relapsing.	Puerperal.	Cholera.	Erysipelas.	Measles.	Whooping Cough.	Diarrhoea and Dysentery.	Rheumatic Fever.	Phthisis.	Bronchitis, Pneumonia, &c	Heart Disease	Influenza.	Injuries.	All Other Diseases.	Total.

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TABLE I. Deaths of Battersea Parishioners occurring outside the Districts in Public Institutions and Elsewhere within the Metropolis.

Deaths of Parishioners in outlying Public Institutions. DISEASE.		Totals.	Sex.		Age.							Institutions.				Elsewhere.
		Totals.	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 Workhouses	General and Special Hospitals.	Asylums Board Hospitals.	County and other Lunatic Asylums.	Elsewhere.

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Births and Deaths in West Battersea, 1898—continued.

Week ending:—	BIRTHS			DEATHS.
Week ending:—	Males.	Females.	Total.	Males.	Females	Total.

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TABLE IV. Quarterly and Annual Summaries of Births and Deaths.

battersea. 1898.		Births	Deaths	Deaths		Small Pox	Measles	Scarlet Fever	Diphtheria	Whooping Cough	Fever	Diarrhoea	Cholera	Violence	Inquests	Public Institutions (including Non-Parishioners.)
battersea. 1898.		Births	Deaths	Under 1 Year	Above 60 Years	Small Pox	Measles	Scarlet Fever	Diphtheria	Whooping Cough	Fever	Diarrhoea	Cholera	Violence	Inquests	Public Institutions (including Non-Parishioners.)

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TABLE V. COMPARATIVE STATISTICS OF BIRTHS, MORTALITY, & c.

Year.	Mean Population for Year.	Births.	Birth Rate.	Deaths.	Death Rate.	Zymotic Deaths.	Natural Increase.

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TABLE VI. STATISTICS OF MORTALITY.

EAST BATTERSEA. Population (Census) 1896, 71,730. Estimated mean population tor middle of 1898, 73,792.			Total Deaths from each Class of Disease, &c.	Sex.		Age.							Social Position
			Total Deaths from each Class of Disease, &c.	Males.	Females.	Under 1 year.	1 to 5 years.	All under 5.	From 5 to 15 years.	From 15 to 25 years.	From 25 to 65 years.	65 years and upwards.	Nobility, Gentry, &c.	Professional Class, Merchants, Bankers, &c.	Middle and Trading Class, Shopmen, Clerks, &c.	Industrial and Labouring Class.

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TABLE VII. STATISTICS OF MORTALITY.

WEST BATTERSEA. Population (Census) 1896, 93,385 Estimated mean population including institutions, for middle of 1898, 97,917.			Total Deaths from each class of Disease.	Sex.		Age.							Social Position
			Total Deaths from each class of Disease.	Males.	Females.	Under 1 year.	From 1 to 5 years.	Total under 5 years.	From 5 to 15 years.	From 15 to 25 years.	From 25 to 65 years.	65 years and upwards.	Nobility and Gentry.	Professional Class, Mer-chants, Bankers, &c.	Middle and Trading Class, Shopmen, Clerks, &c.	Industrial and Labouring Classes, &c.

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TABLE VIII. STATISTICS OF MORTALITY.

Wandsworth and Clapham Union Infirmary. [Parishioners,] 1898.			Total Deaths from each Class of Disease, &c., in the Sub-District.	Sex.		Age.							Social Position
				Males.	Females.	Under 1 year.	From 1 to 5 years.	All under 5 years.	From 5 to 15 years.	From 15 to 25 years.	From 25 to 65 years.	65 years and upwards.	Nobility and Gentry.	Professional Class, Merchants, Bankers, &c.	Middle and T rading Class, Shopmen, Clerks, &c.	Industrial and Labouring Classes.

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TABLE IX. STATISTICS OF MORTALITY.

Wandsworth and Clapham Union Infirmary. [Non-Parishioners,] 1898.			Total Deaths from each Class ot Disease, &c., in the Sub-District.	Sex.		Age.							Social Position
				Males.	Females.	Under 1 year.	From 1 to 5 years.	Total under 5 years.	From 5 to 15 years.	From 15 to 25 years.	From 25 to 65 years.	65 years and upwards.	Nobility and Gentry.	Professional Class, Merchants, Bankers, &c.	Middle and Trading Class, Shopmen, Clerks, &c.	Industrial and Labouring Class.

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Table B of Population, Births, and of New Cases of Infectious Disease coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health, during the Year 1898 in the Metropolitan Sanitary District of Battersea, Classified according to Diseases, Ages and Localities.

Population at all ages.		New cases of Sickness in each Locality coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health.											Number of such Cases removed from their homes in the several localities for treatment in Isolation Hospital.
		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.
Last Census. 1896.	Estimated to middle of 1898.	Small Pox.	Scarlatina.	Diphtheria.	Membranous Croup.	Typhus.	Enteric or Typhoid.	Continued.	Relapsing.	Puerperal.	Cholera.	Erysipelas.	Small Pox.	Scarlatina.	Diphtheria.	Membranous Croup.	Typhus.	Enteric or Typhoid.	Continued.	Relapsing.	Puerperal.	Cholera.	Erysipelas.

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TABLE X. Infectious Sickness and Mortality, 1898.

	No. of Cases notified.	No. ot cases removed to Hospital.	Deaths at home.	Deaths at Hospital.	Total Deaths.

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TABLE XI. Below will be found a synopsis of the notifications received during the year, with removals to hospital:—

	Notified.	Removed to Hospital.

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TABLE XII. Particulars of the Prevalence of Notifiable Infectious Disease in the several Sanitary Districts.

Sanitary Districts.	Cases NotifiedContinued Fever Relapsing Fever .											Cases Removed to Hospital.
Sanitary Districts.	Small Pox	Scarlatina	Diphtheria and Membranous Croup	Typhus Fever	Enteric Fever	Continued Fever	Relapsing Fever	Puerperal Fever	Cholera	Erysipelas	Totals	Small Pox	Scarlatina	Diphtheria and Membranous Croup	Typhus Fever	Enteric Fever	Continued Fever	Relapsing Fever	Puerperal Fever	Cholera	Erysipelas	Totals

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During the last five years there has been a steady decrease in the number of cases of Enteric fever in the parish, as the following will shew:—

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TABLE XIII. Comparative Table of Zymoiic Mortality during the past II years.

	1888	1889	1890	1891	1892	1893	1894	1895	1896	1897	1898

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TABLE XIV. Comparative Table of all non-zymotic causes of Deaths during the past 11 years.

	1888	1889	1890	1891	1892	1893	1894	1895	1896	1897	1898

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Social Position of Persons Dying During 1898.

	N umber.	Per Cent.

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Eighteen deaths were due to suffocation whilst in bed with parents, the dates and days of the week being as follows:

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Classified according to days of week:—

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Table shewing number of Bodies removed to the Parish Mortuary during the past ii Years.

	*No. of bodies received.	No. of post-mortem examinations.	No. of inquests.

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TABLE XVI. Batternea Vaccination Returns, January to December, 1898.

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TABLE XVII. Summary of sanitary operations during 1898.

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During the year 1898, 72 summonses were issued on behalf of the Public Health Department, particulars of which are here set out:-

	Summonses issued.	Withdrawn.	Dismissed.	Orders obtained.

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The following are the particulars of the last three census enumerations, the number of inhabited houses, of persons, and of inhabitants per house being given for the several wards into which the parish is at present divided.

Table shewing the population in relation to houses in each ward as indicated by the Census of 1896.

The two thousand seven hundred and sixty-two persons, including non-parishioners, who died in the parish during 1898, would give a gross death rate of 16.0 per thousand living during the year, and were distributed as follows:—

Table A of Deaths during the Year 1898 in the Metropolitan Sanitary District of Battersea, classified according to Diseases, Ages and Localities.

TABLE I. Deaths of Battersea Parishioners occurring outside the Districts in Public Institutions and Elsewhere within the Metropolis.

Births and Deaths in West Battersea, 1898—continued.

TABLE IV. Quarterly and Annual Summaries of Births and Deaths.

TABLE V. COMPARATIVE STATISTICS OF BIRTHS, MORTALITY, &amp; c.

TABLE VI. STATISTICS OF MORTALITY.

TABLE VII. STATISTICS OF MORTALITY.

TABLE VIII. STATISTICS OF MORTALITY.

TABLE IX. STATISTICS OF MORTALITY.

Table B of Population, Births, and of New Cases of Infectious Disease coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health, during the Year 1898 in the Metropolitan Sanitary District of Battersea, Classified according to Diseases, Ages and Localities.

TABLE X. Infectious Sickness and Mortality, 1898.

TABLE XI. Below will be found a synopsis of the notifications received during the year, with removals to hospital:—

TABLE XII. Particulars of the Prevalence of Notifiable Infectious Disease in the several Sanitary Districts.

During the last five years there has been a steady decrease in the number of cases of Enteric fever in the parish, as the following will shew:—

TABLE XIII. Comparative Table of Zymoiic Mortality during the past II years.

TABLE XIV. Comparative Table of all non-zymotic causes of Deaths during the past 11 years.

Social Position of Persons Dying During 1898.

Eighteen deaths were due to suffocation whilst in bed with parents, the dates and days of the week being as follows:

Classified according to days of week:—

Table shewing number of Bodies removed to the Parish Mortuary during the past ii Years.

TABLE XVI. Batternea Vaccination Returns, January to December, 1898.

TABLE XVII. Summary of sanitary operations during 1898.

During the year 1898, 72 summonses were issued on behalf of the Public Health Department, particulars of which are here set out:-

* The circumstances of the dismissal of these summonses is here set out: —

Inspector—Mr. J. Herrin.

Inspector—Mr. A. Chuter.

Inspector—Mr. J. Lawrence.

Inspector—Mr. A. E. Purnell.

Inspector—Mr. J. T. Baxter.

Inspector—Mr. H. Marrable.

District No. 6—continued.

Inspector—Mr. A. Odell.

Inspector—Mr. H. H. May.

TABLE V. COMPARATIVE STATISTICS OF BIRTHS, MORTALITY, & c.