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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 B of health, during the year 1896 in the metropolitan sanitary district of battersea, classified according to diseases, ages and localitities;
| Names of localities adopted for the purpose of these statistics. Public Instituions being shown as separate localities.(«) | Population at all ages. | (d) Registered Births. | Aged under 5 or over 5.(e) | New cases of Sickness in each Locality coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health. | Number of such Cases removed from their homes in the several localities for treatment in Isolation Hospital. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 8 | 9 | 10 | u | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | ||||||
| fevers. | fevers. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Census.1896. (6) | Estimatedto middle of 1896.(c) | Small Pox. | Scarlatina. | Diphtheria. | Membranous Croup | Typhus. | Enteric orTyphoid. | Continued. | Relapsing. | Puerperal. | Cholera. | Erysipelas. | Small Pox. | Scarlatina. | Diphtheria. | Membranous Croup | Typhus. | Enteric orTyphoid. | Continued. | Relapsing. | Puerperal. | Cholera. | Erysipelas. | |||
| East Battersea | 71,730 | 71,958 | 2,500 | Under 5 | ... | 195 | 82 | 8 | ... | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 13 | ... | 124 | 32 | 4 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| 5 upwards | 3 | 507 | 144 | 6 | ... | 63 | 1 | ... | 6 | ... | 123 | 1 | 353 | 54 | 1 | ... | 29 | ... | ... | 4 | ... | 10 | ||||
| West Battersea | 91,928 | 92,432 | 2,858 | Under 5 | ... | 113 | 59 | 6 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | ... | 49 | 25 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| 5 upwards | 5 | 278 | 115 | 4 | ... | 42 | ... | ... | 4 | 101 | 3 | 145 | 24 | ... | ... | 16 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 8 | |||||
| Wandsworth and Clapham Union Infirmary | 708 | 708 | ... | Under 5 | ... | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| 5 upwards | ... | 5 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 20 | ... | 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||
| Bolingbroke Hospital | 39 | 39 | ... | Under 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 upwards | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Westminster Union Schools- | 183 | 183 | ... | Under 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 upwards | 8 | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Masonic School, Battersea Rise | 316 | 316 | ... | Under 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 upwards | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Emanuel School, Battersea Rise | 211 | 211 | ... | Under 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 upwards | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 165,115 | 165,847 | 5,358 | Under 5 | 312 | 141 | 14 | 4 | 18 | 177 | 57 | 4 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| 5 upwards | 8 | 799 | 261 | 10 | 106 | 1 | 10 | 245 | 4 | 512 | 78 | 1 | 45 | 6 | 18 | |||||||||||