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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 XV. Sickness and Mortality amongst the Parish Poor during the year 1897
| Battersea. | Small-Pox. | Measles. | Scarlatina. | Diphtheria. | Whooping Cough. | Enteric & other Fevers. | Erysipelas. | Puerperal Fever or Metria. | Diarrhoea, Dysentery, or Cholera. | Influenza. | Other Zymotic Diseases. | Total. | Grand Totals of Cases and Deaths from all Diseases. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cases | ... | 39 | 19 | 12 | 23 | 3 | 23 | ... | 88 | 58 | 4 | 269 | |
| Deaths | ... | 5 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 11 | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | 11 | |
| OTHER DISEASES. | |||||||||||||
| Battersea. | Diseases of the Tubercular Class. | Of Brain, Nerves, &c. | Of Heart. | Of Respiratory Organs. | Of Digestive Organs. | Of Kidneys. | Premature Birth, Low Vitality, Malformation, &c. | Age. | Violence. | All other Diseases. | Total. | ||
| Cases | 133 | 152 | 45 | 734 | 170 | 12 | 4 | 127 | 78 | 2005 | 3460 | 3729 | |
| Deaths | 15 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 58 | 69 | |
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