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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 first and last quarters of the year exhibit an augmented
mortality, the result mainly of diseases of the respiratory
system.
The infantile mortality under one year was equal to 141
per thousand births and including mortality at all ages under
five years, 222 per thousand births.
TABLE II. BIRTHS AND DEATHS, EAST BATTERSEA, 1894.
| Week ending:— | BIRTHS. | DEATHS. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F. | Total. | M. | F. | Total. | |
| 6th January | 14 | 22 | 36 | 12 | 16 | 28 |
| 13th ,, | 21 | 30 | 51 | 13 | 18 | 31 |
| 20th „ | 27 | 23 | 50 | 16 | 9 | 25 |
| 27th ,, | 25 | 20 | 45 | 10 | 9 | 19 |
| 3rd February | 31 | 27 | 58 | 5 | 7 | 12 |
| 10th „ | 27 | 29 | 56 | 12 | 6 | 18 |
| 17th „ | 24 | 17 | 41 | 7 | 8 | 15 |
| 24th ,, | 29 | 19 | 48 | 12 | 8 | 20 |
| 3rd March | 20 | 22 | 42 | 14 | 11 | 25 |
| 10th „ | 20 | 13 | 33 | 7 | 3 | 10 |
| 17th ,, | 28 | 24 | 52 | 9 | 6 | 15 |
| 24th „ | 22 | 24 | 46 | 17 | 6 | 23 |
| 31st ,, | 29 | 24 | 53 | 6 | 10 | 16 |
| 1st Quarter | 317 | 294 | 611 | 140 | 117 | 257 |
| 7th April | 28 | 36 | 64 | 4 | 8 | 12 |
| 14th „ | 14 | 20 | 34 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 21st „ | 21 | 21 | 42 | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| 28th ,, | 25 | 17 | 42 | 11 | 7 | 18 |
| 5th May | 24 | 23 | 47 | 8 | 8 | 16 |
| 12th ,, | 30 | 26 | 56 | 8 | 8 | 16 |
| 19th ,, | 16 | 17 | 33 | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| 20th ,, | 26 | 30 | 56 | 10 | 6 | 16 |
| 2nd June | 21 | 13 | 34 | 8 | 5 | 13 |
| 9th ,, | 22 | 26 | 48 | 12 | 6 | 18 |
| 16th „ | 36 | 28 | 64 | 8 | 9 | 17 |
| 23rd ,, | 15 | 14 | 29 | 7 | 11 | 18 |
| 30th ,, | 33 | 17 | 50 | 5 | 6 | 11 |
| 2nd Quarter | 311 | 288 | 599 | 93 | 88 | 181 |