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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Battersea 1896

Report upon the public health and sanitary condition of the Parish of St. Mary, Battersea during the year1896

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Table: TABLE I. Deaths of Battersea Parishioners in Public Institutions of the Metropolis.

TABLE I. Deaths of Battersea Parishioners in Public Institutions of the Metropolis.

DISEASE.Totals.SexAge.Institutions.
Males.Females.Under 1 year.1 to 5 years.All under 5.5 to 15 years.15 to 25 years.25 to 65 years.65 and upwards.Union Workhouse.General and Special Hospitals.Asylums Board Hospitals.County and other Lunatic Asylums.Elsewhere.
1.—ZYMOTICS.Small Pox.............................................
Scarlatina271116119207............225......
Diphtheria & Mem branous Croup32122021719121.........428......
Typhus Fever.............................................
Enteric642.........3...3......42......
Continued Fever.............................................
Relapsing „.............................................
Puerperal „.............................................
Cholera.............................................
Erysipelas2...22...2...............2.........
Measles1...1...11...............1.........
Whooping Cough312...221............3.........
Diarrhœa22......11...............1.........
Other Zymotics.............................................
Total Zymotics7330435404523131...17551...
Rheumatic Fever11..................1......1.........
Ague........................................ . ....
Phthisis23158...113415......20...3...
Tubercular1385134234......13.........
Respiratory2817118916...18312412...
Circulatory21138.........3153315...12
Nervous503416415333181151321
Cancer1587...............132...141......
Violence261972...523151...20......6
All Other Diseases69442524226342842.56173
Totals31918913044581023919133267195594612