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St Mary (Battersea) 1890

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea]

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In addition to the above 1,088 deaths there occurred in
Institutions within and without the District 184, of which 105
were males and 79 females, and were returned as the following
Table sets forth.

DEATHS IN PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS.

West Battersea.TotalSex.Age.Institutions.
MaleFemaleUnder 11 to 6060 and upwardsUnion InfirmaryGeneral HospitalsAsylums' Board HospitalsLunatic AsylumsElsewhere
DISEASE.
Small-Pox-----------
Scarlet Fever63315---6--
Typhus Fever-----------
Enteric Fever3-3-3---1--
Diphtheria743-61-6-1-
Whooping Cough2-22--11---
Measles1-1-1--1---
Other Zymotic Diseases2-211-11---
Tubercular Diseases24141061711011-3-
Cancer24915-11131113---
Rheumatism211-1111---
Respiratory Diseases218136123813---
Circulatory Diseases21138-1651191--
Nervous Diseases2821751581310-5-
Other Diseases29218712101514---
Violence141131112111--2
Total1841057929111447392892

These 184 deaths added to the 1,088 give a total of 1,272
persons who died during the year as having connection with this
district and give a death rate of 16.7 per 1,000.

The deaths registered in each quarter were as follows:—

I st quarter.2nd quarter.3rd quarter.4th quarter.
2952353.3245

Thfi death rate per 1,000 including all those which can possibly be attributed to this district during the past ten years was as follows :—

1880188118821883188418851886188718881889
16.619.018.018.618.819.818.118.916.416.7