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 IX. STATISTICS OF MORTALITY.
| Wandsworth and Clapham Union Infirmary.[Non-Parishioners.] 1895. | 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. | ||||
| 1. 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 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | ... | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | ||
| Diarrhœa, Dysentry, and Cholera | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | ||
| Influenza | 6 | 2 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | ... | 3 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 6 | ||
| Other Zymotic Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Total of Zymotic Diseases | 15 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 5 | .. | .. | 5 | 5 | .. | ... | .. | 15 | ||
| II. Constitutional. | Gout | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | ... | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
| Rheumatism | 4 | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | ... | ... | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 4 | ||
| Cancer & other Tumours Other Constitutional | 17 | 10 | 7 | .. | .. | ... | .. | .. | 12 | 5 | .. | .. | ... | 17 | ||
| Diseases | 6 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | .. | 1 | ... | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 6 | ||
| Tubercular. | Phthisis | 25 | 10 | 15 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 20 | 1 | ... | ... | .. | 25 | |
| Other Tubercular Diseases | 1 | ... | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | ... | .. | .. | 1 | ||
| III. Local. | Nervous | 24 | 10 | 14 | ... | .. | ... | 1 | 4 | 12 | 7 | .. | ... | ... | 24 | |
| Circulatory | 36 | 13 | 23 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 12 | 22 | .. | .. | .. | 36 | ||
| Respiratory | 49 | 31 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | .. | 16 | 26 | ... | ... | .. | 49 | ||
| Digestive | 5 | 4 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | .. | .. | ... | ... | 5 | ||
| Urinary | 7 | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ... | 6 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 7 | ||
| Generative | .. | .. | .. | .. | ... | .. | .. | ... | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Locomotory | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ... | ... | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Integumentary | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ... | ... | .. | .. | .. | .. | ... | .. | ... | ||
| IV.Developmental. | Premature Birth, Low Vitality and Congenital Defects | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | ... | ... | ... | 1 | |
| Old Age | 28 | 15 | 13 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ... | 28 | ... | .. | ... | 28 | ||
| V. Violence | 9 | 7 | 2 | .. | .. | ... | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | ... | .. | ... | 9 | ||
| VI. All other Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Totals | 228 | 116 | 112 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 94 | 102 | ... | .. | ... | 228 | ||