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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 1897

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

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Table: Table A of Deaths during the Year 1897 in the Metropolitan Sanitary District of Battersea, classified according to Diseases, Ages and Localities.

Table A of Deaths during the Year 1897 in the Metropolitan Sanitary District of Battersea, classified according to Diseases, Ages and Localities.

Names of Localities adopted for the purpose of these Statistics; Public Institutionsbeing shewn as separate localities.Mortality from all causes, at subjoined Ages.Mortality from subjoined causes, distinguishing Deaths of Children under 5 Years.
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At all ages.Under 1 year.1 and under 55 and under 1515 and under 2525 and under 6565 and up wardsSmall Pox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Fevers.Cholera.Erysipelas.Measles.Whooping Cough.Diarrhoea and Dysentery.Rheumatic Fever.Phthisis.Bronchitis, Pneumonia, &c.Heart Disease.Influenza.Injuries.All Other Diseases.Total.
Typhus.Enteric Fever.Continued.Relapsing.Puerperal.
East Battersea969378177352825794Under 5...3212...1............2233558...71022119279555
5 upwards...181...2......1...11135857938524139414
West Batttersea11924311704635312198Under 5...2141..................149406915931...18307601
5 upwards...15......5............33176979190628247591
Wandsworth and Clapham Infirmary436367413204172Under 5....................................52......4.........3243
5 upwards........................1...2......211666957112172393
Bolingbroke Hospital22...234112Under 5.........................................................112
5 upwards...................................................1...15420
Westminster Union Schools.1...1............Under 5................................................1............1
5 upwards..................................................................
Totals26208453578880784466Under 5...5353...1............3728012911220031386191202
5 upwards...2131...7......2...642122224823918612805821418
The subjoined numbers have also to be taken into account in judging of the above Records of Mortality.
Deaths occurring outside the District of Persons belonging thereto.3873682453117122Under 5...3139......1...............213...552...326118
5 upwards...917......9......1...............327941...18135269
Deaths occurring within the District of Persons not belonging thereto.270276410121102Under 5....................................51......4.........2333
5 upwards..........................................624414212687237