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 Battersea]
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STATISTICS OF MORTALITY—B.
| Battersea, 1889. All Deaths in Public Institutions within the Parish. (162 non-parishioners.) | Total 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 80 years of age. | 80 years and upwards. | Nobility and Gentry | Protessional Class, Merchants, Bankers. &c. | Middle and Trading Class, Shopmen, Clerks, &c. | Industrial and Labouring Classes. | |||||
| CAUSES OF DEATH. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
| I. Zymotic. | Measles | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
| Typhus Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
| Enteric Fever.. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |||
| Peurperal Fever | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | |||
| Diphtheria | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
| Whooping Cough | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | |||
| Erysipelas | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |||
| Diarrhoea, Dysentry, and Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
| Other Zymotic Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
| Total of Zymotic Diseases | 9 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 3 | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 9 | |||
| II. Constitutional. | 4 | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | |||
| Cancer & other Tumours | 16 | 6 | 10 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 11 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 16 | |||
| Other Constitutional Diseases | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |||
| Phthisis | 54 | 39 | 15 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 22 | 23 | 8 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 54 | |||
| Tabes Mesa | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | |||
| Hydrocephalus | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |||
| Scrolula | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |||
| III. Local. | Nervous | 34 | 18 | 16 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 4 | 15 | 13 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 34 | ||
| Circulatory | 42 | l<i | 26 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 | 14 | 19 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 42 | |||
| Respiratory | 33 | 19 | 14 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 10 | 13 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 33 | |||
| Digestive | 10 | 3 | 7 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 10 | |||
| Urinary | 6 | 3 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 4 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | |||
| Generative | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | |||
| Locomotory | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | ||||
| Integumentary | 3 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | |||
| IV.Develop-mental. | Premature Birth, Low Vitality and Congenital Detects | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | ||
| Old Age | 36 | 13 | 23 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 23 | 13 | .. | .. | .. | 36 | |||
| V. Violence | 5 | 3 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 5 | |||
| VI. Illdefined and Not Specified. | Illdefined | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Not Specified | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
| 269 | 134 | 135 | 16 | 6 | .. | 4 | 42 | 81 | 100 | 20 | .. | .. | .. | 269 | ||||