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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 VI. STATISTICS OF MORTALITY.
| EAST BATTERSEA. | Total Deaths from each Class of Disease, &c. | Sex. | Age. | Social Position | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males. | Females. | Under 1 year. | 1 to 5 years. | All under 5. | From 5 to 15 years. | From 15 to 25 years. | From 25 to 65 years. | 65 years and upwards. | Nobility, Gentry, &c. | Professional Class, Merchants, Bankers, &c. | Middle and Trading Class, Shopmen, Clerks, &c. | Industrial and Labouring Class. | ||||
| Population (Census) 1896, 71.730. | ||||||||||||||||
| Estimated mean population for middle of 1896, 71,958. | ||||||||||||||||
| I. Zymotic. | Small-pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Measles | 78 | 42 | 36 | 19 | 56 | 75 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 77 | ||
| Scarlet Fever | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ||
| Typhus Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
| Enteric Fever Puerperal Fever | 5 1 | 3 ... | 2 1 | 1 ... | ... ... | 1 ... | 2 ... | 1 ... | 1 1 | ... ... | ... ... | ... ... | ... ... | 5 1 | ||
| Diphtheria | 26 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 16 | 18 | 7 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 23 | ||
| Whooping Cough | 57 | 27 | 30 | 20 | 36 | 56 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 53 | ||
| Erysipelas | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 3 | |||
| Diarrhoea, Dysentery &) Cholera | 86 | 45 | 41 | 67 | 16 | 83 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 2 | 84 | ||
| Influenza | 12 | 5 | 7 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | 3 | ... | ... | 1 | 11 | |||
| Other Zymotic Diseases | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | i | 4 | ||
| Total of Zymotic Diseases | 275 | 143 | 132 | no | 128 | 238 | 14 | 3 | 15 | 5 | ... | ... | 13 | 262 | ||
| II. Constitutional. | Gout | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Rheumatism | 3 | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | ||
| Cancer & other Tumour | 25 | 4 | 21 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 17 | 8 | ... | ... | ... | 25 | ||
| Other Constitutional Diseases | 5 | 4 | 1 | 4 | ... | 4 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 5 | ||
| Phthisis Other Tubercular | 80 | 33 | 47 | ... | 2 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 50 | 4 | ... | ... | 3 | 77 | ||
| Diseases | 6S | 40 | 28 | 38 | 16 | 54 | 6 | 4 | 4 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 67 | ||
| III. LooaL | Nervous | 75 | 35 | 40 | 17 | 20 | 37 | 4 | ... | 21 | 13 | ... | 1 | 5 | 69 | |
| Circulatory | 47 | 23 | 24 | 2 | ... | 2 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 14 | ... | 2 | 2 | 43 | ||
| Respiratory | 225 | 109 | 116 | 70 | 65 | 135 | 9 | 6 | 53 | 22 | 1 | ... | 8 | 216 | ||
| Digestive | 71 | 29 | 42 | 34 | 11 | 45 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 4 | ... | ... | 3 | 68 | ||
| Urinary | 23 | 12 | 11 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 19 | 3 | ... | 1 | 4 | 18 | ||
| Generative | 9 | ... | 9 | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 6 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 9 | |||
| Locomotory | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ||
| Integumentary | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
| IV. Developmental. | Premature Birth, &c. | 137 | 80 | 57 | 137 | 137 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 6 | 131 | ||
| Old Age | 41 | 15 | 26 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 40 | ... | 1 | 6 | 34 | ||
| V. Violence | 48 | 30 | 18 | 18 | 4 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 15 | 2 | ... | ... | 2 | 46 | ||
| VI. All other Diseases | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ||
| Totals | 1134 | 560 | 574 | 430 | 246 | 676 | 54 | 43 | 246 | 115 | 1 | 5 | 54 | 1074 | ||