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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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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 | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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. | ||||
| I. Zymotic. | Small-pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Measles | 60 | 27 | 33 | 12 | 47 | 59 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 58 | ||
| Scarlet Fever | 4 | 2 | 2 | ... | 3 | 3 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | ||
| Typhus Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
| Enteric Fever | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ||
| Puerperal Fever | 2 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ||
| Diphtheria | 15 | 7 | 8 | ... | 11 | 11 | 3 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 2 | 13 | ||
| Membranous Croup | 5 | 3 | 2 | ... | 4 | 4 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 4 | ||
| Whooping Cough | 33 | 18 | 15 | 17 | 16 | 33 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 30 | ||
| Erysipelas | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Diarrhœa, Dysentery & Cholera | 88 | 44 | 44 | 70 | 16 | 86 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 8 | 80 | ||
| Influenza | 23 | 6 | 17 | 4 | ... | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | ... | ... | 1 | 22 | ||
| Other Zymotic Diseases | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ||
| Total of Zymotic Diseases | 236 | 109 | 127 | 104 | 99 | 203 | 8 | 2 | 15 | 8 | ... | 1 | 20 | 215 | ||
| II. Constitutional. | Gout and Rheumatism | 6 | 2 | 4 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 6 | ||
| Cancer & other Tumours | 30 | 10 | 20 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 23 | 5 | ... | 1 | 2 | 27 | ||
| Other Constitutional Diseases | 8 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 7 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 8 | ||
| Phthisis and other Tubercular Diseases | 131 | 77 | 54 | 32 | 12 | 44 | 4 | 2 | 60 | 1 | ... | 1 | 6 | 124 | ||
| III Local. | Nervous | 62 | 24 | 38 | 18 | 15 | 33 | 2 | ... | 22 | 5 | ... | ... | 5 | 57 | |
| Circulatory | 54 | 26 | 28 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 35 | 7 | ... | ... | 5 | 49 | ||
| Respiratory | 177 | 82 | 95 | 58 | 47 | 105 | 9 | 1 | 53 | 9 | ... | ... | 10 | 167 | ||
| Digestive | 55 | 30 | 25 | 31 | 2 | 33 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 1 | ... | ... | 4 | 51 | ||
| Urinary | 22 | 17 | 5 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | 19 | 1 | ... | 1 | 3 | 18 | ||
| Generative | 7 | ... | 7 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 7 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 7 | ||
| Locomotory | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ||
| Integumentary | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
| IV.Developmental. | Premature Birth, &c. | 144 | 86 | 58 | 143 | ... | 143 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 8 | 136 | |
| Old Age | 81 | 29 | 52 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 12 | 69 | ... | 2 | 10 | 69 | ||
| V. Violence | 46 | 26 | 20 | 19 | 5 | 24 | 3 | ... | 17 | 2 | ... | ... | 2 | 44 | ||
| VI. All other Diseases | 2 | 2 | ... | 2 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ||||
| Totals | 1062 | 526 | 536 | 414 | 184 | 598 | 35 | 40 | 281 | 108 | ... | 6 | 75 | 981 | ||