Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
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.
1887 | 1888 | 1889 | 1890 | 1891 | 1892 | 1893 | 1894 | 1895 | 1896 | 1897 | |
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Small Pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Measles | 82 | 87 | 104 | 159 | 37 | 90 | 90 | 151 | 99 | 185 | 76 |
Scarlet Fever | 68 | 25 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 15 | 17 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 7 |
Diphtheria | 23 | 22 | 21 | 27 | 35 | 28 | 90 | 67 | 60 | 50 | 52 |
Enteric, &c., Fevers | 17 | 13 | 15 | 21 | 19 | 8 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 11 | 8 |
Whooping Cough | 112 | 81 | 146 | 104 | 100 | 115 | 77 | 52 | 137 | 82 | |
Epidemic Diarrhœa | 175 | 75 | 112 | 121 | 104 | 99 | 120 | 93 | 151 | 169 | 141 |
Other Zymotic Diseases | 25 | 22 | 21 | 59 | 89 | 133 | il8 | 62 | 104 | 45 | 25 |
Total Deaths from Zymotic Diseases | 502 | 363 | 366 | 543 | 398 | 473 | 564 | 468 | 491 | 602 | 391 |
Zymotic Death Rate | 3.7 | 2.6 | 2.5 | 3.6 | 2.6 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 2.8 | 2.9 | 3.6 | 2.3 |
Death-rates from all Diseases | 18.2 | 15.7 | 15.6 | 19.3 | 17.3 | 17.4 | 17.8 | 15.4 | 17.8 | 17.7 | 15.5 |
TABLE XIV. Comparative Table of all non-zymotic causes of Deaths during the past 11 years
1887 | 1888 | 1889 | 1890 | 1891 | 1892 | 1893 | 1894 | 1895 | 1896 | 1897 | |
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Tubercular, including Phthisis | 367 | 342 | 334 | 320 | 285 | 237 | 355 | 394 | 353 | 374 | 355 |
Of Brain, Nerves, &c. | 280 | 223 | 212 | 261 | 195 | 259 | 213 | 211 | 334 | 211 | 241 |
Of the Heart, &c. | 128 | 113 | 108 | 148 | 141 | 183 | 159 | 173 | 213 | 182 | 189 |
Of the Respiratory Organs,excluding Phthisis | 528 | 474 | 391 | 618 | 572 | 635 | 653 | 471 | 623 | 531 | 439 |
of Digestive Organs | 86 | 113 | 100 | 118 | 122 | 112 | 127 | 197 | 114 | 154 | 202 |
Of Urinary Organs | 53 | 24 | 39 | 34 | 49 | 72 | 60 | 57 | 56 | 88 | 69 |
Of Organs of Generation | 19 | 6 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 22 | 14 |
Of Joints, Bones, &c. | 30 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 6 | - | 5 | 6 |
Premature Birth, Low Vitality, Malformation, &c. | 202 | 175 | 205 | 206 | 238 | 256 | 295 | 273 | 332 | 298 | 286 |
Of Uncertain Seat Cancer, Syphilis, Dropsy, &c. | 105 | 79 | 96 | 70 | 89 | 233 | 130 | 114 | 108 | 122 | 141 |
Age | 88 | 57 | 52 | 71 | 74 | 122 | 103 | 118 | 128 | 207 | 150 |
Violence | 63 | 56 | 60 | 77 | 60 | 81 | 102 | 70 | 102 | 117 | 118 |
Constitutional | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 12 | 23 | 20 | 40 | 28 | 19 |
Total | 1949 | 1671 | 1614 | 1942 | 1850 | 2219 | 2237 | 1936 | 2410 | 2339 | 2229 |