Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report upon the public health and sanitary condition of the Parish of St. Mary, Battersea during the year1894
This page requires JavaScript
TABLE VI. statistics of mortality.
| EAST BATTERSEA. Population (Census) 1891, 67,144. Estimated mean population for middle of 1894, 71,214. | Total Deaths stomach Class of Disease, &c. in the Sub-District. | Sex. | Age. | Social Position | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males. | Females. | Under 1 year. | From 1 to 5 years. | Total under 5 years. | From 5 to 15 years. | From 15 to 25 years. | From 25 to 65 years. | 65 years and upwards. | Nobility and Gentry. | Professional Class, Merchants, Bankers, &c. | Middle and Trading Class, Shopmen, Clerks. &c. | Industrial and Labouring Classes. | ||||
| I. Zymotic. | Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Measles | 22 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 13 | 22 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 21 | ||
| Scarlet Fever | 4 | 2 | 2 | .. | 3 | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | ||
| Typhus Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Puerpal Fever | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | ||
| Puerperal Fever | 5 | .. | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | ||
| Diphtheria | 38 | 25 | 13 | 4 | 21 | 25 | 12 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 37 | ||
| Whooping Cough | 39 | 20 | 19 | 21 | 18 | 39 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 38 | ||
| Erysipelas | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | ||
| Diarrhœa, Dysentery and Cholera | 43 | 21 | 22 | 32 | 5 | 37 | .. | .. | 6 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 42 | ||
| Other Zymotic Diseases | 11 | 5 | 6 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 7 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 11 | ||
| II. Constitutional. | Total of Zymotic Diseases | 168 | 85 | 83 | 67 | 60 | 127 | 14 | 5 | 18 | 4 | .. | .. | 4 | 164 | |
| Gout | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | ||
| Rheumatic Fever | 4 | 2 | 2 | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | ||
| Cancer & other Tumours | 20 | 8 | 12 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 13 | 7 | .. | .. | 1 | 19 | ||
| Other Constitutional | 7 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 | ||
| Tubercular. | Phthisis | 62 | 30 | 32 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 46 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 60 | |
| Tabes Mesa | 24 | 11 | 13 | 17 | 5 | 22 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 23 | ||
| Hydrocephalus | 11 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 10 | ||
| Scrofula | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| III. Local. | Nervous | 72 | 37 | 35 | 19 | 16 | 35 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 12 | .. | .. | 3 | 69 | |
| Circulatory | 59 | 24 | 35 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 10 | 1 | .. | 2 | 56 | ||
| Respiratory | 201 | 108 | 93 | 67 | 53 | 120 | 6 | 2 | 43 | 30 | .. | .. | 8 | 193 | ||
| Digestive | 40 | 21 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 38 | ||
| Urinary | 19 | 7 | 12 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 13 | 4 | .. | .. | 1 | 18 | ||
| Generation | 4 | .. | 4 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | ||
| Locomotory | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||
| Integumentary | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||
| IV.Develop-mental. | Premature Birth, Low Vitality and Congenital Defects | 126 | 72 | 54 | 126 | .. | 126 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 122 | |
| Old Age | 38 | 11 | 27 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 37 | 2 | .. | 3 | 33 | ||
| V. | Violence | 25 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 25 | ||
| VI. | All other Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Totals | 884 | 443 | 441 | 323 | 156 | 479 | 41 | 31 | 223 | 110 | 3 | .. | 32 | 849 | ||