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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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Table: TABLE I.Deaths of Battersea Parishioners in Public Institutions of the Metropolis.

TABLE I.Deaths of Battersea Parishioners in Public Institutions of the Metropolis.

DISEASE.TotalsSex.Age.Institutions.Elsewhere
MalesFemalesUnder 1 year1 to 5 yearsAll under 55 to 15 years15 to 25 years25 to 65 years65 and upwardsUnion Infirmary.General and Special HospitalsAsylums' Board HospitalsCounty and other Lunatic Asylums
Small-Pox127543722...1...111......
Scarlatina15105112132...............15......
Diphtheria&Mem-branous Croup864937750572522......284......
Typhus Fever....................................2......
Enteric & Typhoid844.........44.........35......
Continued Fever.............................................
Relapsing „.............................................
Puerperal „1...1...............1...1............
Cholera.............................................
Erysipelas853213......3244.........
Measles3...3...221............3.........
Whooping Cough2112...2............2............
Diarrhœa127511...11.........148.........
Other Zymotics413...............134............
Rheumatic Fever................................................
Ague.............................................
Phthisis623923............114922927...6...
Tubercular13857184...1...57...1...
Respiratory76413512122424321433403......
Heart Disease5329243365621152526......2
Brain and Nerves5733244267430101723...17...
Cancer23914...............221914.........
Violence24195...3333141319......2
Other Diseases80404019322553612334034
Total5392373027292164604121262169217121284