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 year1895
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TABEL VI. STATISTICS OF MORTALITY.
| EAST BATTERSEA. | Total Deaths from each Class of Disease, &c. in the Sub- District.. | Sex. | Age. | Social Position | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population (Census) 1891, 67,144. | 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. | |||
| Estimated mean population for middle of 1895, 72,479- | ||||||||||||||||
| 1, Zymotic. | Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ... | .. | .. | ... | |
| Measles | 68 | 34 | 34 | 16 | 40 | 62 | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 68 | ||
| Scarlet Fever | 4 | 3 | 1 | .. | 2 | 2 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | ||
| Typhus Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Enteric Fever | 6 | 3 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | ||
| Puerperal Fever | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | ||
| Diphtheria | 30 | 15 | 15 | 4 | 22 | 26 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 40 | ||
| Whooping Cough | 21 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 20 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 21 | ||
| Erysipelas | 1 | ... | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||
| Diarrhoea, Dysentery and Cholera | 76 | 38 | 38 | 62 | 8 | 70 | .. | .. | 2 | 4 | .. | .. | 2 | 74 | ||
| Influenza | 44 | 14 | 30 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 10 | .. | 1 | 3 | 40 | ||
| Other Zymotic Diseases | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||
| Total of Zymotic Diseases | 253 | 119 | 134 | 98 | 89 | 187 | 14 | 4 | 33 | 15 | ... | 1 | 6 | 247 | ||
| II. Constitutional. | Gout | .. | ... | ... | ... | ... | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Rheumatism | 3 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | ... | ||
| Cancer & other Tumours | 29 | 7 | 22 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 23 | 5 | 1 | .. | 1 | 27 | ||
| Other Constitutional Diseases | 2 | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Phthisis | 74 | 35 | 39 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 51 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | 73 | ||
| Other Tubercular Diseases | 62 | 38 | 24 | 28 | 24 | 52 | 5 | .. | 5 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 61 | ||
| III. Local. | Nervous | 147 | 83 | 64 | 34 | 59 | 93 | 5 | 2 | 22 | 25 | .. | . | 4 | 143 | |
| Circulatory | 66 | 29 | 37 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 46 | 13 | .. | .. | 1 | 65 | |||
| Respiratory | 202 | 95 | 107 | 68 | 51 | 119 | 2 | 2 | 43 | 36 | .. | .. | 7 | 195 | ||
| Digestive | 35 | 16 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 3 | .. | .. | 2 | 33 | ||
| Urinary | 18 | 9 | 9 | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 13 | 3 | .. | .. | 2 | 16 | ||
| Generative | 4 | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | ||
| Locomotory | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Integumentary | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| IV.Develop-mental. | Premature Birth, Low Vitality and Congenital Defects | 152 | 83 | 69 | 152 | .. | 152 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 | 145 | |
| Old Age | 25 | 11 | 14 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 24 | .. | .. | 2 | 23 | ||
| V. Violence | 41 | 24 | 17 | 18 | 3 | 21 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 6 | .. | .. | 1 | 41 | ||
| VI. All other Diseases | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | ||
| Totals | 1115 | 553 | 562 | 418 | 238 | 656 | 33 | 29 | 265 | 132 | 1 | 1 | 34 | 1079 | ||