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

View report page

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

This page requires JavaScript

Table: TABLE XIV. Statistics of Mortality.

TABLE XIV. Statistics of Mortality.

Wandsworth and Clapham Union Infirmary.Total Deaths from each Class of Diseases, &c.Sex.Age.Social Position
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.
[Parishioners,] 1899.
I. Zymotic.Small-pox..........................................
Measles2...2...22........................
Scarlet Fever..........................................
Typhus Fever..........................................
Enteric Fever..........................................
Puerperal Fever..........................................
Diphtheria..........................................
Membranous Croup..........................................
Whooping Cough..........................................
Erysipelas523...11...13............5
Diarrhœa, Dysentery & Cholera3...3...............21.........3
Influenza1...1..................1.........1
Other Zymotic Diseases..........................................
Total of Zymotic Diseases112933152.........11
II. Constitutional.Gout..........................................
Rheumatism1...1.........1..................1
Cancer & other Tumours18711...............153.........18
Other Constitutional Diseases11...1...1.....................1
Tubercular.Phthisis and other Tubercular Diseases643826112...4553.........64
III. Local.Nervous342113............22111.........34
Circulatory613130............23920.........61
Respiratory381721...11...12610.........
Digestive139410...12...1...............13
Urinary15105............1131.........15
Generative211...............2............2
Locomotory11...1...1.....................1
Integumentary.......................................
IV. Developmental.Premature Birth, Low Vitality and Congenital Defects5235...5.....................5
Old Age381325...............137.........
VViolence211..................2.........2
VIAll other Diseases2...2...............2............2
Totals3061541521872511217989.........306