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St Mary (Battersea) 1890

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea]

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STATISTICS OF MORTALITY,—A.

Battersea Whole Parish. Population (Census) 1881, 107,262 Official Population in middle of June, 1889, 154,595Total Deaths from each Class of Disease, &c., in the Sub-District.Sex.Age.Social Position
Males.Females.Under 1 year.From 1 to 5 years.From 5 to 10 years.From 10 to 20 years.At 20 and under 40 years of age.At 40 and under 60 years of age.At 60 and under bo years of age.80 years and upwards.Nobility and Gentry.Professional Class, Merchants, Bankers, &c.Middle and Trading Class, Shopmen, Clerks, &c.Industrial and Labouring Classes.
CAUSES OF DEATH.
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I. Zymotic.104594527734..............896
Scarlet Fever1248..82..2........228
Typhus Fever........................
Enteric Fever15105....2..6............15
Puerperal Fever12..12......12........1110
Diphtheria2111103143............1416
Whooping Cough81414033162............2871
Erysipelas44..2......1..1......13
Diarrhoea, Dysentery and Cholera112565685211..1..4..111199
Other Zymotic Diseases65..111..2..........23
Totals of Zymotic Class3661901761511631532437..1737321
II. constiutu tional.Gout and Rheumatism241212......1797....2319
Cancer & other Tumours591346........22631..31748
Other Constitutional2411137....1367..2..920
Tubercular.Phthisis2411281131431910S8521..1532203
Tabes Mesa107584978232211......1898
Hydrocephalus4229131420431........1140
Scrofula422..2..1..1..........4
III. Local.Nervous24612012673327715376873919215
Circulatory1506882..31419536641220127
Respiratory4242062181151011121969961111845360
Digestive11043672474783030..251885
Urinary452421..11..81910..23634
Generative16..16......11221....3112
Locomotory7615..........2......25
Integumentary93631113........9
IV. Developmental.Premature Birth, Low Vitality and Congenital Defects20911693209..............1314191
Old Age882563............5137321370
V. Violence6538273081361043..2360
VI. Illdefined and Not Specified.Illdefined4133..........1........4
Not Specified..............................
Totals22401093114771336549552233524116230542311925