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 | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||