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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 XIII. Comparative Table of Zymotic Mortality during the past 11 years.

18871888188918901891189218931894189518961897
Small Pox.................................
Measles82871041593790901519918576
Scarlet Fever6825121010151751057
Diphtheria2322212735289067605052
Enteric, &c., Fevers17131521198141315118
Whooping Cough11211981146104100115775213782
Epidemic Diarrhœa175751121211049912093151169141
Other Zymotic Diseases2522215989133il8621044525
Total Deaths from Zymotic Diseases502363366543398473564468491602391
Zymotic Death Rate3.72.62.53.62.63.03.52.82.93.62.3
Death-rates from all Diseases18.215.715.619.317.317.417.815.417.817.715.5

TABLE XIV. Comparative Table of all non-zymotic causes of Deaths during the past 11 years

18871888188918901891189218931894189518961897
Tubercular, including Phthisis367342334320285237355394353374355
Of Brain, Nerves, &c.280223212261195259213211334211241
Of the Heart, &c.128113108148141183159173213182189
Of the Respiratory Organs,excluding Phthisis528474391618572635653471623531439
of Digestive Organs86113100118122112127197114154202
Of Urinary Organs5324393449726057568869
Of Organs of Generation19614151615141272214
Of Joints, Bones, &c.309347236-56
Premature Birth, Low Vitality, Malformation, &c.202175205206238256295273332298286
Of Uncertain Seat Cancer, Syphilis, Dropsy, &c.10579967089233130114108122141
Age8857527174122103118128207150
Violence63566077608110270102117118
Constitutional............2122320402819
Total19491671161419421850221922371936241023392229