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Battersea 1905
Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1905
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TABLE IV. (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 1905.
| 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 Ages. | Under 1 year. | 1 and 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-pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Measles | 124 | 31 | 87 | 6 | ... | ... | ... | 53 | 67 | 4 | 25 | |
| Scarlet Fever | 24 | 1 | 14 | 8 | ... | 2 | ... | 16 | 6 | 2 | ... | |
| Whooping Cough | 49 | 17 | 30 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 20 | 21 | 8 | 18 | |
| Diphtheria and Membranous Croup | 11 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | 6 | 2 | 3 | ... | |
| Croup | 2 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Fever | Typhus | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Enteric | 6 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 4 | ... | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Other Continued | 3 | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | |
| Epidemic Influenza | 15 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 8 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 4 | |
| Cholera | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Plague | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Diarrhœa | 128 | 104 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 66 | 58 | 4 | 1 | |
| Enteritis | 39 | 27 | 5 | ... | 2 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 19 | 9 | 23 | |
| Puerperal Fever | 9 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 9 | ... | 5 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| Erysipelas | 24 | 7 | ... | ... | ... | 13 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 15 | |
| Other Septic Diseases | 11 | 4 | ... | 1 | 2 | 4 | ... | 2 | 8 | 1 | 2 | |
| Phthisis | 234 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 32 | 181 | 4 | 109 | 81 | 44 | 88 | |
| Other Tubercular Diseases | 89 | 21 | 29 | 16 | 4 | 17 | 2 | 46 | 32 | 11 | 5 | |
| Cancer, Malignant Disease | 171 | ... | 1 | 1 | 2 | 118 | 49 | 66 | 52 | 53 | 64 | |
| Bronchitis | 251 | 66 | 17 | ... | ... | 55 | 113 | 123 | 79 | 49 | 53 | |
| Pneumonia | 205 | 47 | 54 | 8 | 4 | 55 | 37 | 105 | 69 | 31 | 38 | |
| Pleurisy | 10 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | |
| Other Diseases of Respiratory Organs | 28 | 2 | 4 | ... | 1 | 16 | 5 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 8 | |
| Alcoholism Cirrhosis of Liver | 30 | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | 22 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 13 | |
| Venereal Diseases | 10 | 7 | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 5 | 3 | 2 | 16 | |
| Premature Birth | 121 | 121 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 56 | 49 | 16 | 3 | |
| Diseases and Accidents of Parturition | 5 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 4 | ... | 2 | 3 | ... | 5 | |
| Heart Diseases | 86 | ... | 2 | 4 | 5 | 36 | 39 | 40 | 18 | 28 | 73 | |
| Accidents | 75 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 30 | 10 | 42 | 19 | 14 | 26 | |
| Suicides | 17 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 1 | |
| All other causes | 784 | 159 | 37 | 23 | 30 | 284 | 251 | 330 | 244 | 210 | 250 | |
| All causes | 2561 | 633 | 327 | 86 | 98 | 880 | 537 | 1159 | 873 | 529 | 741 | |