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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 1894
Report upon the public health and sanitary condition of the Parish of St. Mary, Battersea during the year1894
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the sex, age, and particular class of institution are herein
indicated, as well as the localities in which other parishioners
lost their lives or were found dead, which latter require no comment,
the causes of death being set out in the table.
TABLE I. Deaths of Battersea Parishioners in Public Institutions of the Metropolis.
| DISEASE. | Totals | Sex. | Age. | Institutions. | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males | Females | Under 1 year | 1 to 5 years | All under 5 | 5 to 15 years | 15 to 25 years | 25 to 65 years | 65 and upwards | Union Infirmary and Workhouse. | General and Special Hospitals | Asylums' Board Hospitals | County and other Lunatic Asylums | Elsewhere | ||
| Small-Pox | 2 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... |
| Scarlatina | 25 | 12 | 13 | ... | 14 | 14 | 10 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 25 | ... | ... |
| Diphtherial Mem branous Croup | 51 | 22 | 29 | 1 | 31 | 32 | 17 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 9 | 42 | ... | ... |
| Typhus Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Enteric & Typhoid | 17 | 10 | 7 | ... | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | ... | 1 | 3 | 13 | ... | ... |
| Continued Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 6 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Relapsing „ | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Puerperal „ | 2 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Cholera | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Erysipelas | 5 | 3 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... |
| Measles | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 3 | ... | 2 | ... | 1 |
| Whooping Cough | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | ... | ... | ... |
| Diarrhœa | 8 | ... | 8 | 5 | 1 | 6 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ... | 2 | ... |
| Other Zymotics | 2 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... |
| Rheumatic Fever | 3 | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | ... |
| Ague | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Phthisis | 63 | 36 | 27 | ... | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 53 | ... | 35 | 24 | 1 | 3 | ... |
| Tubercular | 12 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 3 | ... | 2 | ... | 5 | 7 | ... | ... | ... |
| Respiratory | 51 | 32 | 19 | 6 | 13 | 19 | ... | 4 | 15 | 13 | 19 | 26 | 2 | 4 | ... |
| Heart Disease | 49 | 34 | 15 | ... | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 27 | 8 | 20 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Brain and Nerves | 50 | 34 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 15 | 20 | 12 | ... | 16 | 2 |
| Cancer | 36 | 22 | 14 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | 29 | 4 | 9 | 27 | ... | ... | ... |
| Violence | 40 | 33 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 23 | ... | ... | 15 |
| Other Diseases | 105 | 45 | 60 | 25 | 10 | 35 | 8 | 8 | 32 | 22 | 38 | 60 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Totals | 530 | 297 | 233 | 46 | 83 | 129 | 59 | 48 | 223 | 71 | 161 | 225 | 90 | 31 | 23 |