London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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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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Particulars of deaths in Public Institutions within the Parish
other than the Wandsworth and Clapham Union Infirmary.
Parishioners.
Bolingbroke Hospital Male 20 years Accident—fracture
of skull
,, ,, Male 50 years Brain
,, ,, Male 70 years Accident—run over
,, ,, Male 30 years Justifiable homicide
—fracture of skull
,, „ Male 32 years Accident—fall
,, „ Male 24 years Accident—run over
,, „ Male 26 years „ —poisoning
,, ,, Female21/12 years Digestive
,, ,, Male 1 year Accident—burns
,, „ Female 13 years Accident—fall
,, „ Male 83 years Accident—run over
Non-Parishioners.
Bolingbroke Hospital Female 24 years Generative
„ „ Male 37 years Accident—fall
,, ,, Male 52 years Accident—fall
,, ,, Female 50 years Cancer
,, ,, Male 26 years Accident—fall
,, ,, Male 5 years Accident—run over
,, ,, Male 39 years Accident—fall
„ ,, Male 23 years Accident—fall
,, ,, Male 5 years Accident—run over
,, ,, Male 30 years Heart
,, ,, Female 12 years Tubercular disease
Westminster Union
Schools Male 20/12 years Bronchitis
Of the deaths under one year, two hundred and eighty-six
were from premature birth, malformation, or low vitality at birth,
nearly one-third of the total number of deaths recorded at that
age.