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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 1899
Report upon the public health and sanitary condition of the Parish of St. Mary, Battersea during the year1899
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TABLE XII. Statistics of Mortality.
| East Battersea. | Total Deaths from each Class of Disease, &c. | Sex. | Age. | Social Position | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population (Census) 1896, 71,730. | Males. | Females. | Under 1 year. | 1 to 5 years. | All under 5 years. | 5 to 15 years. | 15 to 25 years. | 25 to 65 years. | 65 years and upwards. | Nobility and Gentry. | Professional Class, Merchants, Bankers, &c. | Middle and Trading Class. | Industrial and Labouring Classes. | |||
| Estimated mean population for 1899, 74,709. | ||||||||||||||||
| Small-pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
| Measles | ... | 40 | 25 | 13 | 44 | 57 | 8 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 63 | ||
| Scarlet Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
| I. Zymotic. | Typhus Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Enteric Fever | 2 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ||
| Puerperal Fever | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ||
| Diphtheria | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 6 | ||
| Membranous Croup | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ||
| Whooping Cough | 25 | 9 | 16 | 12 | 12 | 24 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 24 | ||
| Erysipelas | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | ||
| Diarrhoea, Dysentery &) Cholera | 69 | 35 | 34 | 62 | 4 | 66 | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 2 | 67 | ||
| Influenza | 16 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ... | 1 | 7 | 5 | ... | ... | 1 | 15 | ||
| Other Zymotic Diseases | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
| Total of Zymotic Diseases | 188 | 98 | 90 | 91 | 65 | 156 | 12 | 1 | 13 | 6 | ... | ... | 7 | 181 | ||
| II. Constitutional. | Gout and Rheumatism | 3 | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | |
| Cancer & other Tumours Other Constitutional | 38 | 13 | 25 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 29 | 9 | ... | ... | 5 | 33 | ||
| Diseases | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ||
| Phthisis and other Tubercular Diseases | 124 | 72 | 52 | 27 | 14 | 41 | 6 | 19 | 58 | ... | ... | 1 | 10 | 113 | ||
| III Local. | Nervous | 71 | 29 | 42 | 17 | 14 | 31 | 7 | ... | 28 | 5 | ... | 1 | 4 | 66 | |
| Circulatory | 68 | 27 | 41 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 42 | 17 | ... | ... | 8 | 60 | ||
| Respiratory | 237 | 132 | 105 | 80 | 43 | 123 | 6 | 6 | 64 | 38 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 223 | ||
| Digestive | 85 | 43 | 42 | 48 | 8 | 56 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 2 | ... | 1 | 2 | 82 | ||
| Urinary | 20 | 13 | 7 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 15 | 5 | ... | ... | 6 | 14 | ||
| Generative | 5 | ... | 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 5 | ||
| Locomotory | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ||
| Integumentary | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
| IV.Developmental. | Premature Birth, Low Vitality, and Congenital Defects | 146 | 86 | 60 | 145 | 1 | 146 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 5 | 140 | |
| Old Age | 62 | 22 | 40 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 61 | 1 | ... | 4 | 57 | ||
| V. | Violence | 41 | 22 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 4 | ... | 1 | 3 | 36 | |
| VI. | All other Diseases | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Totals | 1089 | 559 | 530 | 421 | 149 | 570 | 45 | 32 | 295 | 147 | 2 | 6 | 66 | 1015 | ||