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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 1893
Report upon the public health and sanitary condition of the Parish of St. Mary, Battersea during the year1893
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The first and last quartet's usually are characterised by a
higher mortality than the spring and summer quarters, as in the
colder periods of the year an excessive mortality occurs from
diseases of the respiratory system.
TABLE II. BIRTHS AND DEATHS, EAST BATTERSEA, 1893.
| Week ending:— | BIRTHS. | DEATHS. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F. | Total. | M. | F. | Total. | |
| 7th January | 19 | 18 | 37 | 24 | 20 | |
| 14th ,, | 27 | 26 | 53 | |||
| 21st ,, | 29 | 36 | 65 | 13 | 17 | |
| 28th ,, | 25 | 23 | 48 | 7 | 10 | 17 |
| 4th February | 21 | 29 | 50 | 11 | 7 | 18 |
| 11th „ | 28 | 29 | 57 | 18 | ||
| 18th „ | 22 | 22 | 12 | 9 | 21 | |
| 25th „ | 22 | 53 | 13 | 24 | ||
| 4th March | 10 | 21 | ||||
| 11th „ | 28 | 22 | 8 | 13 | 21 | |
| 18th ,, | 24 | 32 | 12 | |||
| 25th ,, | 25 | 26 | 12 | 19 | ||
| 1st April | 29 | 60 | 11 | 18 | 29 | |
| 1st Quarter | 326 | 679 | 156 | 307 | ||
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| 8th April | 15 | 26 | 41 | 12 | 6 | 18 |
| 15th ., | 22 | 35 | 57 | 13 | 11 | 24 |
| 22nd „ | 23 | 30 | 53 | 13 | 6 | 19 |
| 29th | 33 | 19 | 52 | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| 6th May | 24 | 14 | 38 | 5 | 11 | 16 |
| 13th ,, | 25 | 44 | 5 | 8 | 13 | |
| 20th „ | 28 | 54 | 8 | 6 | 14 | |
| 27th „ | 17 | 18 | 35 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 3rd June | 27 | 16 | 43 | 9 | 4 | 13 |
| 10th | 28 | 20 | 48 | 3 | 9 | 12 |
| 17th | 18 | 18 | 36 | 9 | 7 | 16 |
| 24th | 30 | 15 | 45 | 13 | 9 | 22 |
| 1st July | 18 | 20 | 38 | 7 | 8 | 15 |
| 2nd Quarter | 300 | 284 | 584 | 106 | 91 | 197 |