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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Battersea 1925
Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1925
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| CAUSES OF DEATH. | Nett Deatds At subjoined ages of "Residents" whetder Occurring witdin or witdout tde District. | Total Deatd of "Residents" and "Non Residents" in Institutions in tde Districts. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Ages. | 0-1 year. | 1-2 years. | 2-5 years. | 5-15 years. | 15-25 years. | 25-45 years. | 45-65 years. | 65 years upward. | |||
| 1. Enteric Fever | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | ||
| 2. Small-pox | ... | ... | .. | ... | ... | ||||||
| 3. Measles | 4 | ... | 2 | ... | 2 | 1 | i ... | 2 | |||
| 4. Scarlet Fever | 8 | ... | 5 | 2 | ... | 19 | |||||
| 5. Whooping-cough | 20 | 11 | 7 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ||||
| 6. Diphtderia | 10 | ... | 3 | 4 | 3 | ||||||
| 7. Influenza | 36 | ... | 2 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 12 | 20 | |||
| 8. EncephalitisLetdargica | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 4 | ||||
| 9. MeningococcalMeningitis | ... | ... | ... | 3 | |||||||
| 10. Tuberculosis of Respiratory System | 156 | 1 | 1 | ... | 6 | 37 | 64 | 41 | 6 | 119 | |
| 11. OtderTuberculous Disease | 43 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 4 | ••• | 41 | |
| 12. Cancer | 236 | ... | 1 | ... | 17 | 100 | 118 | 218 | |||
| 13. Rheumatic Fever | 4 | ... | 3 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ||||
| 14. Diabetes | 17 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 9 | 7 | 10 | |||
| 15. Cerebral Hæmorrhage. etc. ... | 80 | ... | 1 | ... | 5 | 22 | 52 | 88 | |||
| 16. Heart Disease ... | 335 | ... | 3 | 12 | 17 | 83 | 220 | 333 | |||
| 17. Arterio-Sclerosis | 51 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 7 | 43 | 15 | |||
| 18. Bronchitis | 148 | 10 | ' 3 | 2 | 5 | 36 | 92 | 53 | |||
| 19. Pneumonia (all forms) ... | 107 | 30 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 15 | 24 | 16 | 73 | ||
| 20. Otder Respiratory Diseases | 14 | ... | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | ||||
| 21. Ulcer of Stomach or Duodenum ... | 24 | ... | 1 | 5 | 14 | 4 | 25 | ||||
| 22. Diarrhoea, &c. ... | 21 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ... | 2 | 7 | |||
| 23. Appendicitis and Typhlitis | 7 | ... | 2 | 3 | 2 | 15 | |||||
| 24. Cirrhosis of Liver | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | 8 | ||||
| 25. Acute and Chronic Nephritis | 56 | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 23 | 49 | |
| 26. Puerperal Sepsis | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 9 | ... | 5 | |||
| 27. Otder diseases of Pregnancy | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | ... | ... | 6 | |
| 28. Congenital Debility and Malformation, Premature Birtd | 88 | 88 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 42 | |
| 29. Suicide | 15 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | 9 | 3 | 4 | |
| 30. Otder Deatds from Violence | 49 | 2 | ... | 1 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 61 | |
| 31. Otder Defined Diseases | 262 | 27 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 27 | 58 | 120 | 251 | |
| 32. Causes ill-defined or unknown | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | |
| All Causes | M. | 911 | 118 | 15 | 23 | 26 | 51 | 107 | 254 | 317 | 785 |
| F. | 894 | 68 | 16 | 15 | 24 | 42 | 98 | 207 | 424 | 702 | |
| Totals | 1805 | 186 | 31 | 38 | 50 | 93 | 205 | 461 | 741 | 1487 | |