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 and sanitary condition of the Parish of St. Mary, Battersea during the year1893
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TABLE VIII. STATISTICS OF MORTALITY.
| Wandsworth and Clapham Union Infirmary.[Parishioners.]1893. | Total Deaths from each Class of Disease, &c. | Sex. | Age. | Social Position | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males. | Females. | Under x year. | From i to 5 years. | Total 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 Trading Class, Shopmen, Clerks, &c. | Industrial and Labouring Classes. | ||||
| I. Zymotic. | Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Measles | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
| Typhus Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Enteric Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Puerperal Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Diphtheria | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Whooping Cough | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||||
| Erysipelas | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||||
| Diarrhoea, Dysentry, and Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||||||
| Other Zymotic Diseases | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||||
| Total of Zymotic Diseases | 6 | .. | .. | 5 | .. | .. | .. | |||||||||
| II. Const, tu-tional. | Gout | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||
| Rheumatic Fever | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||
| Cancer & other Tumours | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||||
| Other Constitutional Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |||||
| Phthisis | 36 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 36 | ||||||
| Tabes Meas | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||
| Hydrocephalus | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Scrofula | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||||
| III. Local. | Nervous | .. | .. | .. | 6 | .. | .. | .. | ||||||||
| Circulatory | 21 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 9 | .. | .. | .. | ||||||
| Respiratory | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | 9 | .. | .. | .. | ||||||||
| Digestive | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | |||||||
| Urinary | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | ||||||||
| Generative | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||||||
| Locomotory | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Integumentary | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| IV.Developmental. | Premature Birth, Low Vitality and Congenital Delects | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||
| Old Age | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 | |||||
| V. Violence | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||||
| VI. All other Diseases | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||
| 102 | 9 | 6 | 90 | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||||||