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 VIII. STATISTICS OF MORTALITY.
Wandsworth and Clapham Union Infirmary. [Parishioners.] 1894. | Total Deaths from each Class of Disease, &c. | Sex. | Age. | Social Position | ||||||||||||
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Males. | Females. | Under 1year. | From1 to 5 years. | Total under 5 years. | From5 to 155 years. | From15 to 25 years. | From 25 to 65 years. | 65 years and upwards. | Nobility and Gentry | Professional Class. Merchants, Bankers, See. | Middle and Trading Class, Shopmen, Clerks, &c. | Industrial and Labouring Classes | ||||
I. Zymotic. | Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Measles | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | ||
Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Typhus Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Enteric Fever | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||
Puerperal Fever | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||
Diphtheria | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Whooping Cough | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Erysipelas | 3 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | 3 | ||
Diarrhœa, Dysentry, and Cholera | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | ||
Other Zymotic Diseases | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||
Total of Zymotic Diseases | 12 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .. | 3 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 12 | ||
II. Constitutional. | Gout | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
Rheumatic Fever | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | ||
Cancer & other Tumours | 9 | 5 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 9 | ||
Other Constitutional Diseases | 2 | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | ||
Tubercular. | Phthisis | 36 | 22 | 14 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 35 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 36 | |
Tabes Mesa. | 3 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | ||
Hydrocephalus | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||
Scrofula | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
III. Local. | Nervous | 19 | 12 | 7 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 7 | 10 | .. | .. | .. | 19 | |
Circulatory | 20 | 11 | 9 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 11 | 7 | .. | .. | .. | 20 | ||
Respiratory | 19 | 10 | 9 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | 5 | 11 | .. | .. | .. | 19 | ||
Digestive | 6 | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 6 | ||
Urinary | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | ||
Generative | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Locomotory | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||
Integumentary | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
IV. Developmental. | Premature Birth, Low Vitality and Congenital Detects | 2 | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | |
Old Age | 14 | 5 | 9 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 14 | .. | .. | .. | 14 | ||
V. | Violence | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | |
VI. | All other Diseases | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | |
Totals | 153 | 77 | 76 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 80 | 49 | .. | .. | .. | 153 |