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Battersea 1897
Report upon the public health and sanitary condition of the Parish of St. Mary, Battersea...
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TABLE VI. STATISTICS OF MORTALITY.
| EAST BATTERSEA.Population (Census) 1896, 71,730.Estimated mean population tor middle of 1897, 72,875. | 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. Mer-chants, Bankers, &c. | Middle and Trading Class, Shopmen, Clerks, &c. | Industrial and Labouring Class. | ||||
| I. Zymotic. | Small-pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Measles | 24 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 20 | 23 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||
| Scarlet Fever | 4 | 2 | 2 | ... | 3 | 3 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | ||
| Typhus Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
| Enteric Fever | 3 | 3 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | ||
| Puerperal Fever | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ||
| Diphtheria | 32 | 15 | 17 | ... | 23 | 23 | 9 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 32 | ||
| Whooping Cough | 36 | 15 | 21 | 9 | 26 | 35 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 35 | ||
| Erysipelas | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | |||
| Diarrhœa, Dysentery & Cholera | 61 | 30 | 31 | 49 | 9 | 58 | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 61 | ||
| Influenza | 6 | 4 | 2 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 4 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 5 | ||
| Other Zymotic Diseases | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ||
| Total of Zymotic Diseases | 171 | 86 | 85 | 64 | 82 | 146 | 11 | ... | 12 | 2 | ... | 1 | 3 | 167 | ||
| II. Constitutional. | Gout | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Rheumatism | 5 | 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 3 | 1 | ... | ... | 2 | 3 | ||
| Cancer & other Tumours | 21 | 5 | 16 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | 14 | 5 | 1 | ... | 7 | 13 | ||
| Other Constitutional Diseases | 7 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 7 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 6 | ||
| Phthisis | 92 | 54 | 38 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 67 | 1 | ... | 2 | 6 | 84 | ||
| Other Tubercular Diseases | 45 | 29 | 16 | 22 | 17 | 39 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | 42 | ||
| III. Local. | Nervous | 80 | 45 | 35 | 27 | 15 | 42 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 12 | ... | ... | 2 | 78 | |
| Circulatory | 40 | 21 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 6 | ... | ... | 4 | 36 | ||
| Respiratory | 181 | 98 | 83 | 61 | 41 | 102 | 4 | 2 | 47 | 26 | ... | 2 | 9 | 170 | ||
| Digestive | 93 | 49 | 44 | 56 | 10 | 66 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 6 | ... | 2 | 7 | 84 | ||
| Urinary | 29 | 15 | 14 | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | 22 | 5 | ... | 1 | 2 | 26 | ||
| Generative | 4 | ... | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | ||
| Locomotory | 2 | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | i | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ||
| lntegumentary | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
| IV. Developmental. | Premature Birth, &c. | 120 | 69 | 51 | 120 | ... | 120 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 117 | |
| Old Age | 30 | 7 | 23 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 28 | ... | ... | 5 | 25 | ||
| V. Violence | 43 | 27 | 16 | 17 | 2 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | 42 | ||
| VI. All other Diseases | 6 | 1 | 5 | ... | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 6 | |||
| Totals | 969 | 518 | 451 | 378 | 177 | 555 | 35 | 28 | 257 | 94 | 1 | 10 | 54 | 904 | ||