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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 1898
Report upon the public health and sanitary condition of the Parish of St. Mary, Battersea...
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of life, more especially the infantile ages under five, as the
greatest waste of life has occurred in the past at the early years,
and although great improvement has taken place in this respect
during the last few years, still much remains to be done in this
direction. For instance, three hundred and eighty-six out of
a total of one thousand two hundred and forty-six deaths under
five years were from Zymotic diseases, a proportion which ought
to be largely diminished. This, however, shews a great
ment compared with former years. Particulars of the other ages at
death are also given in this table.
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:—
| East Battersea— | ||
| (a) Parishioners | 1,054 | 1,062 |
| 8 | ||
| West Battersea— | ||
| (a) Parishioners | 1,205 | |
| 7 | ||
| Wandsworth and Clapham Union Infirmary— | ||
| (a) Parishioners | 240 | 470 |
| (b) Non-parishioners | 230 | |
| Bolingbroke Hospital— | ||
| (a) Parishioners | 12 | |
| (b) Non-parishioners | 13 | |
| Whole Parish | 2,762 | |