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 1925
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TABLE IIIa. Causes of Death during Five Years, 1921-5.
causes of death. | 1921. | 1922. | 1923. | 1924. | 1925. | Mean. 1921-5. | |||||||
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No. ot Deaths | Rate per Million Pop'n | No. of Deaths | Rate per Million Pop'n | No. of Deaths | Rate per Million Pop'n | No. ot Deaths | Rate per Million Pop'n | No. of Deaths | Rate per Million Pop'n | No. of Deaths | Rate per Million Pop'n | ||
1. Enteric Fever | 1 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 1.2 | 7.2 | |
2. Small-pox | - | - | _ | _ | 1 | 6 | - | - | - | - | 0.2 | 1.2 | |
3. Measles | 2 | 12 | 66 | 390 | 24 | 141 | 51 | 298 | 4 | 23 | 29.4 | 172.8 | |
4. Scarlet Fever | 6 | 35 | 13 | 77 | 6 | 35 | 3 | 18 | 8 | 46 | 7.2 | 42.2 | |
5. Whooping-cough | 30 | 177 | 22 | 130 | 16 | 94 | 17 | 99 | 20 | 116 | 21.0 | 123.2 | |
6. Diphtheria | 63 | 372 | 58 | 343 | 34 | 199 | 25 | 146 | 10 | 58 | 38.0 | 223.6 | |
7. Influenza | 45 | 266 | 110 | 650 | 31 | 182 | 84 | 491 | 36 | 209 | 61.2 | 359.6 | |
8. Encephalitis Lethargica | 2 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 29 | 2 | 12 | 2.4 | 14.2 | |
9. Meningococcal Meningitis | 3 | 18 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 3 | 18 | - | - | 1.8 | 10.8 | |
10. Tuberculosis of Respiratory System | 170 | 1,004 | 171 | 1,010 | 139 | 815 | 153 | 895 | 156 | 906 | 157.8 | 926.0 | |
11. Other Tuberculous Disease | 46 | 272 | 34 | 201 | 36 | 211 | 37 | 216 | 43 | 250 | 39.2 | 230.0 | |
12. Cancer | 189 | 1,117 | 225 | 1,330 | 242 | 1,418 | 231 | 1,351 | 236 | 1,372 | 224.6 | 1,317.6 | |
13. Rheumatic Fever | 5 | 30 | 13 | 77 | 6 | 35 | 7 | 41 | 4 | 23 | 7.0 | 41.2 | |
14. Diabetes | 10 | 59 | 13 | 77 | 10 | 59 | 9 | 53 | 17 | 99 | 11.8 | 69.4 | |
15. Cerebral Haemorrhage, etc. | 87 | 514 | 90 | 532 | 91 | 534 | 75 | 439 | 80 | 465 | 84.6 | 496.6 | |
16. Heart Disease | 299 | 1,767 | 365 | 2,157 | 334 | 1,958 | 348 | 2,035 | 335 | 1,947 | 336.2 | 1,972.8 | |
17. Arterio-Sclerosis | 44 | 260 | 42 | 248 | 35 | 205 | 54 | 316 | 51 | 296 | 45.2 | 205.0 | |
18. Bronchitis | 137 | 810 | 167 | 987 | 133 | 780 | 183 | 1,070 | 148 | 860 | 153.6 | 901.4 | |
19. Pneumonia (all forms) | 156 | 922 | 169 | 999 | 100 | 586 | 159 | 930 | 107 | 622 | 138.2 | 811.8 | |
20. Other Respiratory Diseases | 36 | 213 | 25 | 148 | 22 | 129 | 20 | 117 | 14 | 81 | 23.4 | 137.6 | |
21. Ulcer of Stomach or Duodenum | 15 | 89 | 22 | 130 | 23 | 135 | 19 | 111 | 24 | 140 | 20.6 | 121.0 | |
22. Diarrhœa. &c. | 71 | 420 | 32 | 189 | 32 | 187 | 24 | 140 | 21 | 122 | 6.0 | 211.6 | |
23. Appendicitis and Typhlitis | 15 | 89 | 5 | 30 | 8 | 47 | 13 | 76 | 7 | 41 | 9.6 | 56.6 | |
24. Cirrhosis of Liver | 13 | 77 | 14 | 83 | 8 | 47 | 11 | 64 | 3 | 17 | 9.8 | 57.6 | |
25. Acute and Chronic Nephritis | 55 | 325 | 63 | 372 | 55 | 322 | 53 | 310 | 56 | 325 | 56.4 | 330.8 | |
26. Puerperal Sepsis | 4 | 24 | 3 | 18 | - | - | 4 | 23 | 3 | 17 | 2.8 | 16.4 | |
27. Other diseases of Pregnancy | 10 | 59 | 6 | 35 | 10 | 59 | 5 | 29 | 3 | 17 | 6.8 | 39.8 | |
28. Congenital Debility and Malformation, Premature Birth | 109 | 644 | 100 | 591 | 72 | 422 | 77 | 450 | 88 | 511 | 89.2 | 523.6 | |
29. Suicide | 8 | 47 | 11 | 65 | 21 | 123 | 18 | 105 | 15 | 87 | 14.6 | 85.4 | |
30. Other Deaths from Violence | 58 | 343 | 63 | 372 | 43 | 252 | 54 | 316 | 49 | 285 | 53.4 | 313.6 | |
31. Other Defined Diseases | 371 | 2,192 | 322 | 1,903 | 302 | 1,770 | 273 | 1,597 | 262 | 1,523 | 306.0 | 1,797.0 | |
32. Causes ill-defined or unknown | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 6 | 2 | 12 | .6 | 3.6 | |
All Causes | M. | 1,012 | 12,738 | 1,131 | 14,255 | 930 | 11,625 | 989 | 12,334 | 911 | 11,288 | 994.6 | 12,448 |
F. | 1,048 | 11,677 | 1,096 | 12,197 | 909 | 10,033 | 1,029 | 11,331 | 894 | 9,782 | 995.2 | 11,004 | |
Totals | 2,060 | 12,175 | 2,227 | 13,162 | 1,839 | 10,780 | 2,018 | 11,801 | 1,805 | 10,488 | 1,989.8 | 11,681 |