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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: TABLE VIII.STATISTICS OF MORTALITY.

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.
I. Zymotic.Small-pox..........................................
Measles211...22.....................2
Scarlet Fever..........................................
Typhus Fever..........................................
Enteric Fever..........................................
Puerperal Fever2...2...............2............2
Diphtheria..........................................
Membranous Croup..........................................
Whooping Cough11...1...1.....................1
Erysipelas4131...1...12............4
Diarrhœa, Dysentery & Cholera2...21...1.........1.........2
Influenza422...............22.........4
Other Zymotic Diseases..........................................
Total of Zymotic Diseases15510325...163.........15
II. Constitutional.Gout11..................1............1
Rheumatism..........................................
Cancer & other Tumours1569...............78.........15
Other Constitutional Diseases2111...1...1...............2
Tubercular.Phthisis andother Tubercular Diseases6245172...2...3561.........62
III. Local.Nervous16106...............16............16
Circulatory241410............2175.........24
Respiratory32248224...1216.........32
Digestive8626...6...11............8
Urinary1064...............10............10
Generative1...1...............1............1
Locomotory1...1..................1.........1
Integumentary..........................................
IV.Developmental.Premature Birth, Low Vitality and Congenital Defects11...1...1.....................1
Old Age432320...............142.........43
V.Violence734...............52.........7
VI.All other Diseases22..................11.........2
Totals2401479315419...914369.........240