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
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TABLE VII. STATISTICS OF MORTALITY.
| WEST BATTERSEA. [excluding Public Institutions.] Population (Census 1891, 83,314. Estimated mean population for middle of 1894, 91,965. | Total Deaths from each 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. | Provisional Class, Merchants, Bankers, &c. | Middle and Trading Class, Shopmen, Clerks, &c. | Industrial and Labouring Classes. | ||||
| I, Zymotic. | Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Measles | 123 | 65 | 58 | 26 | 90 | 116 | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 120 | ||
| Scarlet Fever | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||
| Typhus Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Enteric Fever | 9 | 7 | 2 | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 9 | ||
| Puerperal Fever | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | ||
| Diphtheria | 29 | 18 | 11 | 1 | 17 | 18 | 10 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 27 | ||
| Whooping Cough | 38 | 17 | 21 | 20 | 18 | 38 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 38 | ||
| Erysipelas | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 5 | ||
| Diarrhœa, Dysentery and Cholera | 41 | 22 | 19 | 29 | 7 | 36 | .. | .. | .. | 5 | .. | .. | .. | 39 | ||
| Other Zymotic Diseases | 22 | 9 | 13 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 13 | 7 | .. | .. | .. | 18 | ||
| Total of Zymotic Diseases | 270 | 141 | 129 | 79 | 133 | 212 | 19 | 4 | 21 | 14 | .. | .. | 11 | 259 | ||
| II. Constitutional. | Gout | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
| Rheumatic Fever | 5 | 2 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 5 | ||
| Cancer & other Tumours | 44 | 16 | 28 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 32 | 11 | .. | 1 | 6 | 37 | ||
| Other Constitutional | 8 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 7 | ||
| Tubercular. | Phthisis | 96 | 49 | 47 | .. | 4 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 70 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 90 | |
| Tabes Mesa | 30 | 17 | 13 | 17 | 18 | 29 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 29 | ||
| Hydrocephalus | 20 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 17 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 19 | ||
| Scrofula | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| III. Local. | Nervous | 98 | 55 | 43 | 27 | 16 | 43 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 91 | |
| Circulatory | 71 | 33 | 38 | 2 | .. | 2 | 5 | .. | 45 | 19 | 1 | .. | 2 | 68 | ||
| Respiratory | 223 | 112 | 111 | 67 | 63 | 130 | 3 | 2 | 56 | 32 | .. | .. | 8 | 215 | ||
| Digestive | 54 | 25 | 29 | 16 | 3 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 7 | .. | .. | 5 | 49 | ||
| Urinary | 23 | 11 | 12 | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 13 | 8 | .. | 1 | .. | 22 | ||
| Generative | 6 | .. | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 3 | ||
| Locomotory | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | ||
| Integumentary | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||
| IV. Developmental. | Premature Birth, Low Vitality and Congenital Defects | 138 | 62 | 76 | 138 | .. | 138 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 5 | 132 | |
| Old Age | 40 | 14 | 26 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 39 | 1 | .. | 2 | 37 | ||
| V. | Violence | 33 | 14 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | 33 | |
| VI. | All other Diseases | 3 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | |
| Totals | 1166 | 570 | 596 | 372 | 213 | 615 | 48 | 29 | 302 | 172 | 4 | 5 | 54 | 1103 | ||