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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TABLE VIII. STATISTICS OF MORTALITY.
| Wandsworth and Clapham Union Infirmary. | 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. | ||||
| [Parishioners.] 1895. | ||||||||||||||||
| I. Zymotic. | Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ... | .. | .. | .. | ... | .. | .. | ||
| Measles | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||
| Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Typhus Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ... | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Enteric Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Puerperal Fever | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | ... | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||
| Diphtheria | ... | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Whooping Cough | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Diarrhœa, Dysentry, and Cholera | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | ||
| Influenza | 3 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | ||
| Other Zymotic Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ... | .. | ||
| Total of Zymotic Diseases | 10 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 6 | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | ... | .. | 10 | ||
| II. Constitutional. | Gout | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
| Rheumatism | . | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Cancer & other Tumours | 13 | 8 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 10 | 3 | .. | .. | ... | 13 | ||
| Other Constitutional Diseases | 6 | 3 | 5 | .. | 5 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | |||
| Phthisis | 40 | 24 | 16 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8 | 30 | 2 | ... | ... | .. | 40 | ||
| Other Tubercular Diseases | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | ... | .. | .. | 2 | ||
| III. Local. | Nervous | 23 | 12 | 11 | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 4 | .. | ... | .. | 23 | |
| Circulatory | 37 | 15 | 22 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 20 | 16 | .. | .. | .. | 37 | ||
| Respiratory | 58 | 30 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 6 | .. | 4 | 27 | 21 | ... | ... | .. | 68 | ||
| Digestive | 7 | 1 | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 5 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 7 | ||
| Urinary | 7 | 4 | 3 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 | ||
| Generative | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Locomotory | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Integumentary | .. | .. | .. | .. | ... | .. | ... | .. | .. | .. | .. | ... | .. | ... | ||
| IV.Develop-mental. | Premature Birth, Low Vitality and Congenital Delects | 3 | J | 2 | 3 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | ... | ... | ... | 3 | |
| Old Age | 21 | 14 | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ... | 21 | ... | .. | ... | 21 | ||
| V. Violence | 4 | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | ... | ... | .. | 2 | 2 | ... | .. | ... | 4 | ||
| VI. All other Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Totals | 232 | 120 | 112 | 17 | 5 | 22 | 2 | 19 | 119 | 70 | ... | .. | .. | 232 | ||