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Battersea 1904

Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1904

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Table: TABLE XVI.

TABLE XVI.

Year.Deaths from Phthisis per 100,000 persons.Deaths from other Tubercular Diseases per 100,000 persons.
189213518
189314382
189413753
189515165
189614679
189715162
189815471
189916256
190015553
190114660
190212944
190312851
190413941

Table: The total number of deaths from tuberculosis in 1904 was 317, as compared with 311 in 1903. The deaths from the various forms of the disease were as follows:-

The total number of deaths from tuberculosis in 1904 was 317, as compared with 311 in 1903. The deaths from the various forms of the disease were as follows:-

Tuberculosis of the Lungs (Consumption)244
Tuberculosis of the Brain23
Tuberculosis of the Larynx1
Abdominal Tuberculosis19
General Tuberculosis24
Other forms of Tuberculosis6

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The number of deaths from Phthisis and other Tubercular
diseases, and the death-rate per 1,000 in each of the subdistricts
is set out in the following table:—