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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TABLE III. Statistics of Mortality.
Battersea East. Population (Census) 1881, 54,075 Official Population in middle of 1889, 78,446 | Total Deaths from each Class of Disease, &c., in the Sub-District. | Sex. | Age. | Social Position | ||||||||||||||
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| 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, Mer-chants, Bankers, &c. | Middle and Trading Class, Shopmen, Clerks, &c. | Industrial and Labouring Classes. | |||||
CAUSES OF DEATH. | ||||||||||||||||||
I, Zymotic. | Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Measles | 48 | 30 | 18 | 14 | 30 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 45 | |||
Scarlet Fever | 9 | 2 | 7 | .. | 8 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 7 | |||
Typhus Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Enteric Fever | 4 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | |||
Puerperal Fever | 5 | .. | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||
Diphtheria | 11 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 8 | |||
Whooping Cough | 21 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 11 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 4 | 16 | |||
Erysipelas | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |||
Diarrhoea, Dysentery and Cholera | 38 | 21 | 17 | 30 | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 35 | |||
Other Zymotic Diseases | 3 | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | |||
II. Constitutional. | Totals of Zymotic Class | 140 | 75 | 65 | 54 | 64 | 10 | .. | 10 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 4 | 15 | 121 | ||
Gout and Rheumatism | 11 | 8 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 8 | |||
Cancer & other Tumours | 13 | 1 | 12 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 10 | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 10 | |||
Other Constitutional Diseases | 8 | 4 | 4 | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8 | |||
Tubercular. | Phthisis | 88 | 40 | 48 | .. | 1 | 2 | 8 | 40 | 2!) | 8 | .. | .. | 4 | 14 | 70 | ||
Tabes Mesa | 58 | 33 | 25 | 42 | 15 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | 52 | |||
Hydrocephalus | 18 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 17 | |||
Scrofula | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
III. Local. | Nervous | 100 | 42 | 58 | 25 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 84 | ||
Circulatory | 46 | 20 | 9.6 | .. | 9 | .. | 2 | 5 | 16 | 21 | .. | .. | 1 | 9 | 36 | |||
Respiratory | 180 | 88 | 92 | 52 | 47 | 6 | .. | 9 | 24 | 40 | 2 | 3 | .. | 24 | 148 | |||
Digestive | 40 | 17 | 23 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 13 | .. | 1 | 3 | 9 | 27 | |||
Urinary | 12 | 6 | 6 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | 4 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 11 | |||
Generative | 6 | .. | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 5 | |||
Locomotory | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Integumentary | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
IV.Develop-mental. | Premature Birth, Low Vitality and Congenital Defects | 107 | 64 | 43 | 107 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 8 | 98 | ||
Old Age | 23 | 10 | 13 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 14 | 9 | .. | 2 | 8 | 13 | |||
V. Violence | 33 | 18 | 15 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | 3 | 28 | |||
VI. Illdefined and Not Specified. | Illdefined | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Not Specified | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Totals | 883 | 437 | 446 | 308 | 165 | 31 | 23 | 89 | 118 | 133 | 16 | 5 | 32 | 110 | 736 |