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In Table A. will be found particulars of mortality in the
various Registrar's districts and public institutions which are
also treated as separate districts. They comprise the Registrar's
districts of East and West Battersea, and the following public
institutions, situated within the parish, viz.:-Wandsworth and
Clapham Union Infirmary, Bolingbroke Hospital, Westminster
Union Schools, Emmanuel School, and the Masonic School for
Girls.
The broad grouping of ages is under and above five years
of age, so as to clearly define the mortality of each of these periods
of life, more especially the infantile ages under five, as the
greatest waste of life has occurred in the past at the early years,
and although great improvement has taken place in this respect
during the last few years, still much remains to be done in this
direction. For instance, 342 Zymotic deaths, out of a total of
1,332 occurred under five years, a proportion which ought to be
largely diminished. This, however, shews a great diminution
compared with former years. Particulars of the other ages at
death are also given in this table.
Table I. This table contains details of the deaths of
Battersea parishioners in public institutions both within and
without the parish. The disease from which death ensued,
the sex, age, and particular class of institution are herein
indicated, as well as the localities in which other parishioners
lost their lives or were found dead, which latter require no comment,
the causes of death being set out in the table.