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 1909
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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 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 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Measles | 86 | 14 | 66 | 6 | .. | .. | .. | 50 | 31 | 5 | 41 | |
Scarlet Fever | 8 | .. | 6 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 6 | 2 | .. | .. | |
Whooping Cough | 60 | 26 | 33 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 41 | 17 | 2 | 36 | |
Diphtheria and Membranous Croup | 23 | 2 | 18 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 15 | 6 | 2 | .. | |
Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Fever | Typhus | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Enteric | 7 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 6 | .. | 6 | 1 | .. | 1 | |
Other Continued | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | |
Epidemic Influenza | 33 | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 7 | |
Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Plague | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Diarrhœa | 53 | 42 | 9 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 33 | 16 | 4 | 2 | |
Enteritis | 55 | 40 | 5 | .. | 1 | .. | 9 | 23 | 25 | 7 | 35 | |
Puerperal Fever | 7 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 5 | .. | 1 | 5 | 1 | 8 | |
Erysipelas | 4 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
Other Septic Diseases | 13 | 4 | .. | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 7 | |
Phthisis | 217 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 35 | 153 | 15 | 97 | 72 | 48 | 107 | |
Other Tubercular Diseases | 72 | 15 | 27 | 15 | 9 | 6 | .. | 37 | 22 | 13 | 8 | |
Cancer, Malignant Disease | 180 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 112 | 65 | 74 | 44 | 62 | 73 | |
Bronchitis | 319 | 51 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 92 | 151 | 136 | 111 | 72 | 93 | |
Pneumonia | 211 | 50 | 51 | 10 | 9 | 66 | 25 | 107 | 79 | 25 | 61 | |
Pleurisy | 10 | .. | 3 | .. | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 1 | .. | 5 | |
Other Diseases of Respiratory Organs | 22 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 16 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 5 | |
Alcoholism | 25 | l | .. | 1 | .. | 20 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 10 | 13 | |
Cirrhosis of Liver | ||||||||||||
Venereal Diseases | 9 | 6 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | |
Premature Birth | 89 | 89 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 38 | 36 | 15 | 10 | |
Diseases and Accidents of Parturition | 7 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 6 | .. | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
Heart Diseases | 86 | .. | 3 | 3 | 4 | 52 | 24 | 29 | 32 | 25 | 45 | |
Accidents | 46 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 6 | 19 | 17 | 10 | 42 | |
Suicides | 14 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 9 | |
All other causes | 759 | 129 | 21 | 27 | 23 | 256 | 303 | 316 | 259 | 184 | 276 | |
All causes | 2417 | 478 | 282 | 85 | 101 | 841 | 630 | 1088 | 815 | 514 | 902 |