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 IX. STATISTICS OF MORTALITY.
| Wandsworth and Clapham Union Infirmary. [Non-Parishioners.] 1894. | Total Deaths from each Class of Disease, &c. | 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 | 3 | 3 | .. | .. | 3 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | ||
| Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ... | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Typhus Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ... | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Enteric Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ... | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ... | .. | ||
| Puerperal Fever | 3 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | ... | .. | .. | .. | 3 | ||
| Diphtheria | ... | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Whooping Cough | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Erysipelas | 4 | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | ... | .. | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 4 | ||
| Diarrhœa, Dysentry, and Cholera | 6 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | ||
| Other Zymotic Diseases | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | ||
| Total of Zymotic Diseases | 18 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 9 | .. | 2 | 3 | 4 | .. | ... | .. | 18 | ||
| II. Constitutional. | Gout | 3 | 2 | 1 | .. | ... | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | |
| Rheumatic Fever | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | ... | ... | ... | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||
| Cancer & other Tumours | 12 | 5 | 7 | .. | .. | ... | .. | .. | 6 | 6 | .. | .. | ... | 12 | ||
| Other Constitutional Diseases | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | ... | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | ||
| Tubercular. | Phthisis | 19 | 10 | 9 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 4 | 14 | ... | ... | ... | .. | 19 | |
| Tabes Mesa. | 2 | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | 2 | ... | .. | .. | .. | ... | .. | .. | 2 | ||
| Hydrocephalus | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ... | .. | .. | .. | ... | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Scrofula | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| III. Local. | /Nervous | 21 | 7 | 14 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | .. | ... | ... | 21 | |
| Circulatory | 23 | 8 | 15 | .. | .. | .. | ... | ... | 7 | l6 | .. | .. | .. | 23 | ||
| Respiratory | 26 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | ... | 9 | 15 | ... | ... | .. | 26 | ||
| Digestive | 6 | 2 | 4 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | 2 | .. | ... | ... | 6 | ||
| Urinary | 12 | 10 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | ... | 7 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | 12 | ||
| Generative | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | ... | .. | .. | ... | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | ||
| Locomotory | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | ... | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | ||
| Integumentary | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ... | ... | .. | .. | .. | .. | ... | .. | ... | ||
| IV. Developmental. | Premature Birth, Low Vitality and Congenital Defects | 7 | 3 | 4 | 7 | .. | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | ... | ... | ... | 7 | |
| Old Age | 26 | 9 | 17 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ... | 26 | ... | .. | ... | 26 | ||
| V. | Violence | 8 | 6 | 2 | .. | .. | ... | 1 | .. | 5 | 2 | ... | .. | ... | 8 | |
| VI. | All other Diseases | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | •• | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
| Totals | 191 | 88 | 103 | 15 | 9 | 24 | 3 | 9 | 71 | 84 | ... | .. | ... | 191 | ||