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Table A. This table is compiled in all sanitary districts
under the express direction of the Local Government Board,
for the purpose of securing uniformity of tabulation in all parts
of the country, of the important particulars contained therein.
It is at the same time expressly stated that the Medical Officer
of Health of any district is at liberty, in addition, to continue to
use any other form of tabulation which, in his opinion, illustrates
more fully the sanitary condition of the district for which he
acts. For purposes of comparison with the vital statistics of the
past thirty nine years, since the year 1856, other tables which
have been employed in this parish are also given herewith, and
will be found denoted by numbers, those of the Local Government
Board being denoted by the letters A. and B.
In Table A. will be found particulars of mortality in the
various Registrar's districts and public institutions which are
also treated as separate districts. They comprise the Registrar's
districts of East and West Battersea, and the following public
institutions, situated within the parish, viz.:—Wandsworth and
Clapham Union Infirmary, Bolingbroke Hospital, Westminster
Union Schools, Emmanuel School, and Masonic School for
Girls.
The broad grouping of ages is under and above five years
of age, so as to clearly define the mortality of each of these periods
of life, more especially the infantile ages under five, as the
greatest waste of life has occurred in the past at the early years,
and although great improvement has taken place in this respect
during the last few years, still much remains to be done in this
direction. For instance, 351 Zymotic deaths, out of a total of
1,129 occurred under five years, a proportion which ought to be
largely diminished. Particulars of the other ages at death are
also given in this table.
Table I. This table contains details of the deaths of
Battersea parishioners in public institutions both within and
without the parish. The disease from which death ensued,