Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth District, The Board of Works (Clapham, Putney, Streatham, Tooting & Wandsworth)]
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| BATTERSEA EAST. | Total Deaths from each class of Disease, Ac., in the Sub-district. | Sex. | Age. | Social Position. | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population (Census) 1881 54,675 Official Population in middle of 1883. 60,758 Area in acres, 947. | Males. | Females. | Under 1 year. . . | From 1 to 5 years. | From 5 to 10 years. | From 10 to 20 years. | All under 20 years. | At 20 and under 40 years of age. | At 40 and under 60 years of age. | At 60 and under 80 years of age. | 80 years and upwards. | Nobility and Gentry: | Professional Class, Merchants, Bankers, &c. | Middle and Trading Class, Shopmen, Clerks, &c. | Industrial and Laboring Classes. | |
| Diseases and other Causes of Death. | ||||||||||||||||
| Classes:— | ||||||||||||||||
| SmallPox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Measles | 25 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 16 | 3 | .. | 25 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 22 |
| Scarlatina. | 17 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 2 | .. | 17 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 14 | |
| Diphtheria | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 |
| Croup | 15 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 12 | .. | .. | 15 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 15 |
| Whooping Cough | 53 | 28 | 25 | 22 | 30 | 1 | .. | 53 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 4 | 48 |
| Zymotic Fevers .... | 14 | 6 | 8 | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| Erysipelas | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| Metria, Childbirth | 3 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
| Carbuncle | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Influenza | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Diarrhoea & Cholera.. | 51 | 21 | 30 | 34 | 8 | 2 | .. | 44 | •• | 2 | 5 | .. | .. | 5 | 8 | 38 |
| Totals of Zymotic Class | 185 | 89 | 96 | 71 | 81 | 11 | 2 | 165 | 10 | 5 | 5 | .. | .. | 9 | 20 | 156 |
| 2.Tubercular | 175 | 80 | 95 | 79 | 28 | 4 | 13 | 124 | 97 | ?3 | 1 | .. | 1 | 4 | 20 | 150 |
| 3.Of Brain, Nerves, &c | 119 | 55 | 64 | 32 | 30 | 9 | 3 | 74 | 10 | 14 | 18 | 3 | .. | 1 | 15 | 103 |
| 4. Of the Heart, &c. | 44 | 19 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 19 | 8 | 2 | ] | 2 | 8 | 33 |
| 5.Of Respiratory Or gans | 248 | 144 | 104 | 85 | 84 | 5 | 2 | 170 | 10 | 33 | 27 | 2 | .. | 5 | 20 | 223 |
| 6. Of Digestive Organs | 42 | 20 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 12 | .. | .. | 3 | 8 | 31 | |
| 7.Of Urinary Organs | 16 | 9 | 7 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 3 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 14 |
| 8. Of Organs of Grene-ration | 9 | .. | 9 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 7 |
| 9. Of Joints, Bones, &c | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| 10. Of Skin | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| 11 Premature Birth, Low Vitality, Malformation, &c. | 74 | 41 | 33 | 74 | .. | .. | .. | 74 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 11 | 61 |
| 12 Of Uncertain Seat | 22 | 10 | 12 | l | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 14 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 8 | 14 |
| 13.Age | 21 | 7 | 14 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 15 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 12 | |
| 14. Violence | 24 | l6 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 9 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 24 |
| 15.Not Specified | 24 | 13 | 11 | 19 | 3 | .. | •• | 22 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 23 |
| Totals | 1003 | 503 | 500 | 383 | 231 | 34 | 27 | 675 | 89 | 129 | 88 | 22 | 4 | 28 | 120 | 851 |