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There is an increase in the Nobility and Gentry and
Industrial Classes and a decrease in the Professional and
Labouring as compared with last year. In the Professional
class, no less than three of the fourteen were
Surgeons.
Deaths not Certified.—Of the 857 deaths, 28 were
registered as not certified, that is had no medical attendance.
It is clear that the time has not yet arrived in
the minds of the present government that every death
should be legally certified, for, in reply to a question it was
stated, that it was not necessary in all cases that legal
certificates for deaths should be forthcoming. The matter
of non-certified deaths has lately received the attention
of the Registrar General, who usually comments on them
in his weekly return, from which I gather that South
London is considerably in excess of all other Metropolitan
Districts.
Vaccination.—The number of infants vaccinated at
the appointed station in West Battersea during the year
was 618.
Disease and Mortality amongst the Union Poor.—
The number of cases which came under treatment was 381,
viz., Males 186, Females 195, 40 of which were sent to the
Infirmary, 19 to Lunatic Asylums, and 6 to Hospitals. On
reference to Table V., Appendix, the nature of the different
diseases will be found. There was 1 of Small Pox,
8 Scarlet Fever, 2 Measles, 17 Diarrhoea, 9 Fever, 103
Lung Diseases, excluding 5 of Phthisis, 10 Violence, and
222 various other diseases, principally Rheumatism, Old
Age, and Disease of the Nervous System. Although
Scarlet Fever was extensively prevalent, only 8 cases came
under the District Medical Officer's notice, a number which
bears no comparison to the cases existing ; we must, therefore,
conclude that the people are in such a position as not
to require the assistance of the Parish, though, in many
instances, it would be far better for the people themselves,