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 year1896
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TABLE VII. STATISTICS OF MORTALITY.
west battersea. | Total Deaths from each class of Disease. | Sex. | Age. | Social Position | ||||||||||||
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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, &c. | ||||
Population Census) 1896,93,385 | ||||||||||||||||
Estimated mean population or middle of 1896, 93,889. | ||||||||||||||||
0I. Zymotic. | Small-pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
Measles | 95 | 48 | 47 | 24 | 66 | 90 | 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 95 | ||
Scarlet Fever | 4 | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | ||
Typhus Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||
Enteric Fever | 5 | 2 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ||
Puerperal Fever | 2 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ||
Diphtheria | 24 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 16 | 18 | 6 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | |||
Whooping Cough | 78 | 39 | 39 | 36 | 39 | 75 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 7 | 71 | ||
Erysipelas | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 2 | 2 | ||
Diarrhœa, Dysentery & Cholera | 54 | 20 | 34 | 43 | 5 | 48 | ... | ... | 3 | 3 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ||
Influenza | 9 | 5 | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 7 | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ||
Other Zymotic Diseases | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||
Total of Zymotic Diseases | 275 | 131 | 144 | 106 | 127 | 233 | 20 | ... | 16 | 6 | ... | 1 | 15 | 259 | ||
II. Constitutional. | Gout | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
Rheumatism | 3 | ... | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
Cancer & other Tumours | 47 | 12 | 35 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 31 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 40 | ||
Other Constitutional Diseases | 12 | 8 | 4 | 7 | ... | 7 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 11 | ||
Phthisis. | 91 | 48 | 43 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 25 | 63 | 2 | ... | 1 | 6 | 84 | ||
Other Tubercular) Diseases | 57 | 24 | 33 | 33 | 16 | 49 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 57 | ||
III. Local. ___ __JL _ | Nervous | 94 | 44 | 50 | 25 | 21 | 46 | 6 | 2 | 29 | 11 | ... | 2 | 7 | 85 | |
Circulatory | ... | 39 | 39 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 50 | 16 | ... | ... | 8 | 70 | |||
Respiratory | 253 | 150 | 103 | 100 | 42 | 142 | 5 | 4 | 71 | 3i | 1 | 2 | 12 | 238 | ||
Digestive | 64 | 29 | 35 | 24 | 9 | 33 | 7 | 1 | 19 | 4 | ... | 3 | 4 | 57 | ||
Urinary | 36 | 18 | 18 | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 32 | ||||
Generative | 12 | ... | 12 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 12 | ... | ... | ... | 12 | ||||
Locomotory | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ||||
Integumentary | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||
IV.Developmental. | Premature Birth, Low Vitality, and Congenital Defects | 153 | 82 | 153 | ... | 153 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 12 | 139 | ||
Old Age | 73 | 32 | 41 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 11 | ... | ||
V. | Violence | ... | 36 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 47 | |
VI. | "All other Diseases | 3 | ... | 3 | 2 | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | |||
Totals | 1300 | 654 | 646 | 465 | 224 | 689 | 54 | 43 | 347 | 167 | 6 | 14 | 86 | 1194 |