Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1904
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TABLE XVIII.
Year. | Deaths. | Deaths per 100,000 persons. |
---|---|---|
1894 | 110 | 62 |
1895 | 114 | 70 |
1896 | 105 | 63 |
1897 | 104 | 62 |
1898 | 122 | 73 |
1899 | 113 | 67 |
1900 | 130 | 77 |
1901 | 117 | 69 |
1902 | 151 | 88 |
1903 | 141 | 81 |
Average 1894-1903. | 120 | 71 |
1904 | 164 | 93 |
The anatomical distribution of the disease in both sexes
is set out in Table XIX. 7 deaths were certified as due to
sarcoma, the remainder to cancer, carcinoma or malignant
disease.