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 1910
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APPENDIX NO. 2, continued—
TABLE IV.
(Required by the Local Government Board to be used in the Annual Report of the
Medical Officer of Health.)
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 In-stitutions in the District. | |||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All Ages. | Under 1 year. | 1 and under5 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 | 74 | 11 | 59 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 39 | 29 | 6 | 31 | |
Scarlet Fever | 7 | .. | 4 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 3 | 1 | .. | |
Whooping Cough | 50 | 26 | 24 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 22 | 18 | 10 | 17 | |
Diphtheria and Membra-nous Croup | 12 | .. | 4 | 8 | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 2 | 6 | .. | |
Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Fever | Typhus | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Enteric | 7 | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 4 | .. | 3 | 3 | 1 | .. | |
Other Continued | 3 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | |
Epidemic Influenza | 19 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 10 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 2 | |
Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Plague | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Diarrhœa | 59 | 47 | 10 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 28 | 26 | 5 | 2 | |
Enteritis | 28 | 22 | 3 | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 28 | |
Gastritis | 6 | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |
Puerperal Fever | 6 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 5 | .. | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
Erysipelas | 8 | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | 4 | .. | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | |
Phthisis | 195 | .. | 2 | 10 | 39 | 135 | 9 | 79 | 70 | 46 | 102 | |
Other Tuberculous Diseases | 57 | 14 | 23 | 11 | 1 | 8 | .. | 29 | 21 | 7 | 12 | |
Cancer, Malignant Disease | 141 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 92 | 47 | 57 | 39 | 45 | 66 | |
Bronchitis | 220 | 43 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 61 | 98 | 102 | 68 | 50 | 62 | |
Pneumonia | 205 | 45 | 47 | 9 | 9 | 59 | 36 | 92 | 72 | 41 | 40 | |
Pleurisy | 8 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 3 | .. | 4 | |
Other Diseases of Respi-ratory Organs | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | .. | 4 | 3 | 3 | .. | |
Alcoholism Cirrhosis of Liver | 22 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 15 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 7 | |
Venereal Diseases | 14 | 9 | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 10 | 4 | .. | 18 | |
Premature Birth | 83 | 83 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 38 | 32 | 13 | 6 | |
Diseases and Accidents of Parturition | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
Heart Diseases | 80 | .. | 2 | 6 | 5 | 45 | 22 | 28 | 29 | 23 | 35 | |
Accidents | 57 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 31 | 10 | 24 | 13 | 20 | 38 | |
Suicides | 27 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 25 | .. | 13 | 9 | 5 | 9 | |
All other causes | 723 | 124 | 27 | 28 | 18 | 259 | 267 | 308 | 219 | 196 | 290 | |
All causes | 2124 | 434 | 233 | 91 | 83 | 773 | 510 | 929 | 690 | 505 | 776 |