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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 VIII. STATISTICS OF MORTALITY.

TABLE VIII. STATISTICS OF MORTALITY.

Wandsworth and Clapham Union Infirmary.[Parishioners,]1897.Total Deaths from each Class ofDisease, &c., in the Sub-District.Sex.Age.Social Position
Males.Females.Under 1 year.From 1 to 5 years.All under 5 years.From 5 to 15 years.From 15 to 25 years.From 25 to 65 years.165 years and upwards.Nobility and Gentry.Professional Class. Merchants. Bankers, &c.Middle and Trading Class, Shopmen, Clerks, &c.Industrial and LabouringClasses.
I. Zymotic.Small-pox..........................................
Measles..........................................
Scarlet Fever..........................................
Typhus Fever..........................................
Enteric Fever..........................................
Puerperal Fever1...1............1...............1
Diphtheria..........................................
Whooping Cough..........................................
Erysipelas2...2..................2.........2
Diarrhœa, Dysentery & Cholera3...31...1.........2.........3
Influenza..........................................
Other Zymotic Diseases..........................................
Total of Zymotic Class6...61...1...1...4.........6
II. Constitutional.Gout22..................2............2
Rheumatism523...............41.........5
Cancer & other Tumours927...............36.........9
Other Constitutional Diseases3122...2......1............3
Tuber-cular.Phthisis43349.........12391.........43
Other Tubercular Diseases1...1...............1............1
III. Local.Nervous251510...11......159.........25
Circulatory17611............2123.........17
Respiratory321616112...11613.........32
Digestive9635...51...3............9
Urinary642...............42.........6
Generative..........................................
Locomotory3...3...............21.........3
Integumentary22..................2............2
IV.Develop-mental.Premature Birth, Low Vitality and Congenital Defects1...11...1.....................1
Old Age271215..................27.........27
V. Violence642.........1......5.........6
VI. All other Diseases..........................................
Totals19710691102123610472.........97