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Battersea 1894

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 GentryProfessional Class, Merchants, Bankers, &c.Middle and Trading Class, Shopmen, Clerks, &c.Industrial and Labouring Classes.
I. Zymotic.Small-pox...............................
Measles33....33..............3
Scarlet Fever.............................
Typhus Fever.............................
Enteric Fever..............................
Puerperal Fever3..3........21.........3
Diphtheria.............................
Whooping Cough............................
Erysipelas431...........13......4
Diarrhœa, Dysentry, and Cholera624246..............6
Other Zymotic Diseases22............11......2
Total of Zymotic Diseases18108279..234.......18
II. Constitutional.Gout321...........3........3
Rheumatic Fever1..1...............1......1
Cancer & other Tumours1257...........66.......12
Other Constitutional Diseases2112..2...............2
Tubercular.Phthisis19109......1414...........19
Tabes Mesa.2..22..2................2
Hydrocephalus..............................
Scrofula............................
III. Local./Nervous21714......11127........21
Circulatory23815............7l6......23
Respiratory261511112.....915........26
Digestive624..11..122........6
Urinary12102...........75......12
Generative2..2............2........2
Locomotory2..2.........11........2
Integumentary................................
IV. Developmental.Premature Birth, Low Vitality and Congenital Defects7347..7.................7
Old Age 26917.............26........26
V.Violence862.......1..52........8
VI.All other Diseases1...11••1..............1
Totals1918810315924397184........191