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Battersea 1898
Report upon the public health and sanitary condition of the Parish of St. Mary, Battersea...
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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.) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1 Year | Above 60 Years | |||||||||||||||
| 1st Quarter | E | 665 | 333 | 107 | 53 | ... | 44 | 4 | 6 | 9 | ... | 2 | ... | 13 | 45 | ... |
| W | 747 | 505 | 94 | 159 | ... | 40 | 2 | 8 | 16 | ... | 2 | ... | 16 | 35 | 153 | |
| 2nd Quarter | E | 599 | 207 | 77 | 28 | ... | 15 | ... | 2 | 8 | ... | 3 | ... | 13 | 28 | ... |
| W | 667 | 364 | 79 | 98 | ... | 18 | ... | 2 | 9 | ... | 2 | ... | 13 | 28 | 110 | |
| 3rd Quarter | E | 563 | 295 | 154 | 29 | ... | 1 | ... | 3 | 9 | ... | 69 | 8 | 13 | 24 | ... |
| W | 676 | 453 | 174 | 103 | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 11 | ... | 64 | 3 | 20 | 36 | 111 | |
| 4th Quarter | E | 597 | 227 | 76 | 40 | ... | ... | ... | 9 | 7 | 1 | 6 | ... | 7 | 27 | ... |
| W | 643 | 378 | 79 | 101 | ... | 1 | ... | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | ... | 27 | 44 | 121 | |
| Whole Year | E | 2424 | 1062 | 414 | 150 | ... | 60 | 4 | 20 | 33 | 1 | 80 | 8 | 46 | 124 | ... |
| w | 2733 | 1700 | 426 | 461 | ... | 59 | 2 | 25 | 38 | 7 | 74 | 3 | 76 | 143 | 495 | |
| Totals | 5157 | 2762 | 840 | 611 | ... | 119 | 6 | 45 | 71 | 8 | 154 | 11 | 122 | 267 | 495 | |
The Births and Deaths during the various quarters in the
whole parish are here set out:—
Births. Deaths.
1st quarter 1,412 838
2nd ,, 1,266 571
3rd ,, 1,239 748
4th ,, 1,240 605
Totals 5,157 2,762
Table V. contains a valuable and reliable sanitary history
of Battersea since 1856, the year in which modern sanitation
first came into existence under the provisions of the
Metropolis Local Management Act of 1855, and by which sanitary
authorities, in the form of Vestries and District Boards, the latter
consisting of small parishes grouped together, were first constituted
for London as a whole.
This parish at that time consisted of a congeries of small
villages, between which extended market gardens; the inhabitants