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Old Age was given as the cause of death in 10 instances,
of whom the oldest were three females, respectively aged
84.
There were 9 cases in which the cause of death was
"not specified," and described as "unknown," &c,, and in
these latter cases no medical certificate was given and no
official inquiry appears to have taken place.
Disease and Mortality amongst the Union Poor.—Table
V. shews in a comprehensive manner the amount and kind
of sickness which occurred amongst the Out-door Union
Poor in the Eastern Sub-district of Battersea during the
year 1872,
The total number of fresh cases brought under care was
724. The total mortality when under treatment at home
was 41, a death-rate of 5.6 per cent on the cases treated;
this is exclusive of the deaths following removal to the
Union Infirmary or to the Fever or Small Pox Hospitals or
other special institutions.
Of the new cases 176 were of Zymotic origin, and of
these 12 only died under treatment at home, or less than
7 per cent.
Lung disease played an important part in the sickness
of the poor, 139 cases of Bronchitis, &c., 35 cases of Pht hisis,
and allied to the latter, 19 other cases of Tubercular origin.
To these diseases 20, or nearly one half of the deaths, are
attributable.
Thirty-five cases of accident were under treatment,
without a single death.
The other 320 cases, included under the head "Other
Diseases," were generally of an asthenic type, the result of
an insufficient diet.