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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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inhabitants, has amply justified its existence, if results are the
test by which it should be judged.
TABLE V.
| Year. | Mean Population for Year. | Births. | Birth rate. | Deaths. | Death rate. | Zymotic Deaths. | Natural Increase |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1856 | 15,069 | 536 | 36.2 | 320 | 21.2 | 45 | 216 |
| 1857 | 15,970 | 582 | 36.0 | 343 | 21.4 | 46 | 239 |
| 1858 | 16,872 | 562 | 33 3 | 380 | 22.5 | 100 | 182 |
| 1859 | 17,774 | 685 | 38.5 | 394 | 22.1 | 96 | 292 |
| 1860 | 18,676 | 680 | 36.4 | 399 | 21.3 | 62 | 281 |
| 1861 | 19,582 | 750 | 38.3 | 505 | 25.7 | 112 | 245 |
| 1862 | 23,108 | 784 | 33.9 | 491 | 21.2 | 106 | 293 |
| 1863 | 26,635 | 1,042 | 39.1 | 522 | 19.5 | 86 | 520 |
| 1864 | 30,161 | 1,140 | 37.7 | 669 | 22.1 | 129 | 471 |
| 1865 | 33,688 | 1,357 | 40.2 | 785 | 23.3 | 177 | 572 |
| 1866 | 37,145 | 1,386 | 37.3 | 1,002 | 26.9 | 244 | 384 |
| 1867 | 40,741 | 1,734 | 42.5 | 870 | 21.3 | 122 | 864 |
| 1868 | 44,267 | 1,975 | 44.6 | 1,046 | 23.6 | 194 | 929 |
| 1869 | 47,749 | 2,096 | 43.8 | 1,121 | 23.4 | 247 | 975 |
| 1870 | 51,320 | 2,170 | 42.2 | 1,375 | 26.7 | 404 | 795 |
| 1871 | 54,847 | 2,220 | 40.4 | 1,472 | 26.8 | 463 | 748 |
| 1872 | 60,244 | 2,349 | 38.9 | 1,202 | 19.9 | 220 | 1,147 |
| 1873 | 65,614 | 2,659 | 40.5 | 1,307 | 19.9 | 205 | 1,352 |
| 1874 | 70,984 | 2,865 | 40.3 | 1,387 | 19.5 | 238 | 1,478 |
| 1875 | 76,354 | 3,080 | 40.3 | 1,724 | 22.5 | 307 | 1,356 |
| 1876 | 81,704 | 3,455 | 42.2 | 1,745 | 21.3 | 340 | 1,710 |
| 1877 | 87,094 | 3,481 | 39.9 | 1,725 | 19.8 | 280 | 1,756 |
| 1878 | 92,464 | 3,748 | 40.5 | 1,803 | 19.4 | 322 | 1,945 |
| 1879 | 97,834 | 4,001 | 40.8 | 1,980 | 20.2 | 355 | 2,021 |
| 1880 | 103,204 | 4,095 | 39.6 | 2,040 | 19.7 | 383 | 2,055 |
| 1881 | 108,342 | 4,452 | 41.8 | 2,033 | 18. 7 | 381 | 2,419 |
| 1882 | 112,661 | 4,504 | 39.9 | 2,214 | 19.6 | 353 | 2,190 |
| 1883 | 116,980 | 4,711 | 40.2 | 2,344 | 20.0 | 369 | 2,367 |
| 1884 | 121,299 | 5,275 | 43.4 | 2,569 | 21.1 | 568 | 2,706 |
| 1885 | 125,618 | 4,654 | 37.0 | 2,566 | 20.4 | 432 | 2,088 |
| 1886 | 129,937 | 5,140 | 39.5 | 2,477 | 19.0 | 398 | 2,663 |
| 1887 | 134,256 | 5,186 | 38.6 | 2,451 | 18.2 | 502 | 2,735 |
| 1888 | 138,565 | 5,061 | 36.5 | 2,187 | 15.7 | 363 | 2,874 |
| 1889 | 142,884 | 5,161 | 36.1 | 2,240 | 15.6 | 366 | 2,921 |
| 1890 | 147,203 | 5,105 | 34.6 | 2,854 | 19.3 | 543 | 2,251 |
| 1891 | 151,537 | 5,237 | 34.5 | 2,619 | 17.2 | 398 | 2,618 |
| 1892 | 155,856 | 4,990 | 32.0 | 2,692 | 17.2 | 473 | 2,298 |
| 1893 | 160,175 | 5,225 | 32.6 | 2,801 | 17.4 | 564 | 2,424 |
| 1894 | 164,494 | 5,024 | 30.5 | 2,404 | 14.6 | 468 | 2,620 |
Tables VI., VII., VIII., and IX., with addendum, contain
particulars of the mortality respectively of East Battersea, West
Battersea, in the Union Infirmary, giving separately parishioners
and non-parishioners, and in the addendum of the other public
institutions situated within the parish. These tables have been
used from 1856, and are continued for purposes of comparison
with former years as well as being the basis upon which all the
other mortality tables are founded.