Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1908
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TABLE IV.
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. | 1 and under5 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 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Measles | 47 | 10 | 34 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 22 | 21 | 4 | 7 | |
Scarlet Fever | 24 | .. | 11 | 12 | .. | 1 | .. | 17 | 4 | 3 | .. | |
Whooping Cough | 39 | 21 | 18 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 18 | 14 | 7 | 9 | |
Diphtheria and Membranous Croup | 22 | 2 | 15 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | 7 | 10 | 5 | 1 | |
Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Fever | (Typhus | .. | .. | . | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Enteric | 7 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 4 | .. | 2 | 2 | 3 | .. | |
Other Continued | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Epidemic Influenza | 33 | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 15 | 2 | |
Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Plague | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ... | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Diarrhœa | 89 | 72 | 11 | .. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 39 | 40 | 10 | 4 | |
Enteritis | 61 | 41 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 31 | 22 | 8 | 36 | |
Puerperal Fever | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | .. | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||
Erysipelas | 5 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | 2 | 3 | .. | 3 | |
Other Septic Diseases | 10 | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 8 | |
Phthisis | 220 | .. | 2 | 6 | 45 | 153 | 14 | 108 | 61 | 51 | 80 | |
Other Tubercular Diseases | 86 | 12 | 43 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 38 | 33 | 15 | 22 | |
Cancer, Malignant Disease | 156 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 89 | 64 | 55 | 37 | 64 | 49 | |
Bronchitis | 233 | 48 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 50 | 115 | 97 | 97 | 39 | 49 | |
Pneumonia | 223 | 50 | 51 | 9 | 8 | 61 | 44 | 103 | 80 | 40 | 57 | |
Pleurisy | 6 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 4 | .. | 2 | 2 | 2 | .. | |
Other Diseases of Respiratory Organs | 8 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | |
Alcoholism Cirrhosis of Liver | 25 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 12 | |
Venereal Diseases | 18 | 12 | .. | .. | 1 | 5 | .. | 8 | 6 | 4 | 12 | |
Premature Birth | 84 | 84 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 30 | 34 | 20 | 6 | |
Diseases and Accidents of Parturition | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | 3 | |
Heart Diseases | 110 | .. | 3 | 14 | 58 | 28 | 42 | 36 | 32 | 65 | ||
Accidents | 45 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 9 | 20 | 17 | 8 | 31 | |
Suicides | 23 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 22 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 8 | |
All other causes | 690 | 133 | 30 | 21 | 20 | 230 | 256 | 312 | 194 | 184 | 266 | |
All causes | 2272 | 494 | 249 | 90 | 117 | 758 | 564 | 993 | 748 | 531 | 740 |