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Battersea 1900

Report upon the public health & sanitary condition of Battersea during the year1900

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Causes of Non-Zymotic Mortality.
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Table: TABLE XII.(Required by the Local Government Board to be used in the Annual Report of the Medical Officer of Health.Causes of, and Ages at, Death during the Year 1901.

TABLE XII.

(Required by the Local Government Board to be used in the Annual Report of the Medical Officer of Health.

Causes of, and Ages at, Death during the Year 1901.

CAUSES of DEATH.Deaths in or belonging to Whole District at Subjoined Ages.Deaths in or belonging to Localities at all Ages.Total Deaths in Public Institutions in the District.
All AgesUnder 1 year.1and under 5 years.5 and under 15 years.15 and under 25 years.25 and under 65 years.65 years and upwards.East Battersea.North-West Battersea.South-West Battersea.
Small-pox41.........3...211...
Measles12628953.........7445723
Scarlet Fever9...441......7...2...
Whooping Cough79383821......482474
Diphtheria and Membranous Croup201118.........1046...
Croup2...2...............2......
FeverTyphus..............................
Enteric181...1313...1071...
Other Continued.................................
Epidemic Influenza211...2...13555114
Cholera.................................
Plague.................................
Diarrhoea21717727......8510589234
Enteritis29191......63915510
Puerperal Fever8.........18...2421
Erysipelas81.........524134
Other Septic Diseases1943236171114
Phthisis2487610411804116815186
Other Tubercular Diseases103284111716...46292816
Cancer, Malignant Disease117......2...744151303639
Bronchitis2656523...27798127944444
Pneumonia2I1947471071251201075439
Pleurisy11...3......625S1...
Other Diseases of Respiratory Organs19412...66757...
Alcoholism Cirrhosis of Liver33............2761581010
Venereal Disease1010...............46...4
Premature Birth100100............5524211
Diseases and Accidents of Parturition3.........12...1111
Heart Diseases92...28449294429'991
Accidents10225136942756301626
Suicides18.........31239453
All other Causes80421748222939«9733»271201189
All Causes2766821392909'54341271932563603

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The foregoing table shows very little variation in the
proportionate distribution of the deaths from several causes
except in the case of violence, which contributes the largest
number recorded during the decennium. The larger number
of deaths from Respiratory Diseases has already been referred
to. It is, therefore, not necessary to enter into any minute
discussion of the various diseases except with regard to those
of the tubercular class, this being a subject occupying the
particular attention of all sanitarians.
Phthisis, or Consumption, and other Tubercular
Diseases.
In my report for the year 1899 (pages 62 to 78), I dealt very
fully with this subject, giving the probable causes of the disease,