Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report upon the public health & sanitary condition of Battersea during the year1900
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Causes of Non-Zymotic Mortality.
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TABLE XII.
(Required by the Local Government Board to be used in the Annual Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
Causes of, and Ages at, Death during the Year 1901.
CAUSES of DEATH. | Deaths in or belonging to Whole District at Subjoined Ages. | Deaths in or belonging to Localities at all Ages. | Total Deaths in Public Institutions in the District. | |||||||||
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All Ages | Under 1 year. | 1and under 5 years. | 5 and under 15 years. | 15 and under 25 years. | 25 and under 65 years. | 65 years and upwards. | East Battersea. | North-West Battersea. | South-West Battersea. | |||
Small-pox | 4 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 3 | ... | 2 | 1 | 1 | ... | |
Measles | 126 | 28 | 95 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 74 | 45 | 7 | 23 | |
Scarlet Fever | 9 | ... | 4 | 4 | 1 | ... | ... | 7 | ... | 2 | ... | |
Whooping Cough | 79 | 38 | 38 | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | 48 | 24 | 7 | 4 | |
Diphtheria and Membranous Croup | 20 | 1 | 11 | 8 | ... | ... | ... | 10 | 4 | 6 | ... | |
Croup | 2 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | |
Fever | Typhus | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
Enteric | 18 | 1 | ... | 1 | 3 | 13 | ... | 10 | 7 | 1 | ... | |
Other Continued | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
Epidemic Influenza | 21 | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | 13 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 4 | |
Cholera | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
Plague | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
Diarrhoea | 217 | 177 | 27 | ... | ... | 8 | 5 | 105 | 89 | 23 | 4 | |
Enteritis | 29 | 19 | 1 | ... | ... | 6 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 5 | 10 | |
Puerperal Fever | 8 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 8 | ... | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | |
Erysipelas | 8 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
Other Septic Diseases | 19 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 4 | |
Phthisis | 248 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 41 | 180 | 4 | 116 | 81 | 51 | 86 | |
Other Tubercular Diseases | 103 | 28 | 41 | 11 | 7 | 16 | ... | 46 | 29 | 28 | 16 | |
Cancer, Malignant Disease | 117 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 74 | 41 | 51 | 30 | 36 | 39 | |
Bronchitis | 265 | 65 | 23 | ... | 2 | 77 | 98 | 127 | 94 | 44 | 44 | |
Pneumonia | 2I1 | 94 | 74 | 7 | 10 | 71 | 25 | 120 | 107 | 54 | 39 | |
Pleurisy | 11 | ... | 3 | ... | ... | 6 | 2 | 5 | S | 1 | ... | |
Other Diseases of Respiratory Organs | 19 | 4 | 1 | 2 | ... | 6 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 7 | ... | |
Alcoholism Cirrhosis of Liver | 33 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 27 | 6 | 15 | 8 | 10 | 10 | |
Venereal Disease | 10 | 10 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 6 | ... | 4 | |
Premature Birth | 100 | 100 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 55 | 24 | 21 | 1 | ||
Diseases and Accidents of Parturition | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
Heart Diseases | 92 | ... | 2 | 8 | 4 | 49 | 29 | 44 | 29 | '9 | 91 | |
Accidents | 102 | 25 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 42 | 7 | 56 | 30 | 16 | 26 | |
Suicides | 18 | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 3 | |
All other Causes | 804 | 217 | 48 | 22 | 29 | 39« | 97 | 33» | 271 | 201 | 189 | |
All Causes | 2766 | 821 | 392 | 90 | 9'5 | 434 | 1271 | 932 | 563 | 603 |
The foregoing table shows very little variation in the
proportionate distribution of the deaths from several causes
except in the case of violence, which contributes the largest
number recorded during the decennium. The larger number
of deaths from Respiratory Diseases has already been referred
to. It is, therefore, not necessary to enter into any minute
discussion of the various diseases except with regard to those
of the tubercular class, this being a subject occupying the
particular attention of all sanitarians.
Phthisis, or Consumption, and other Tubercular
Diseases.
In my report for the year 1899 (pages 62 to 78), I dealt very
fully with this subject, giving the probable causes of the disease,