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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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. | Total | Sex. | Age. | Institutions. | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Male | Female | Under 1 | 1 to 60 | 60 and upwards | Union Infirmary | General Hospitals | Asylums' Board Hospitals | Lunatic Asylums | Elsewhere | ||
DISEASE. | |||||||||||
Small-Pox | |||||||||||
Scarlet Fever | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | - | - | 6 | - | ||
Typhus Fever | |||||||||||
Enteric Fever | 3 | - | 3 | - | 3 | - | 1 | - | - | ||
Diphtheria | 7 | 4 | 3 | - | 6 | 1 | - | 6 | - | 1 | - |
Whooping Cough | 2 | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
Measles | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
Other Zymotic Diseases | 2 | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | |
Tubercular Diseases | 24 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 17 | 1 | 10 | 11 | - | 3 | - |
Cancer | 24 | 9 | 15 | - | 11 | 13 | 11 | 13 | - | - | - |
Rheumatism | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
Respiratory Diseases | 21 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 13 | - | - | |
Circulatory Diseases | 21 | 13 | 8 | 16 | 5 | 11 | 9 | 1 | |||
Nervous Diseases | 28 | 21 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 8 | 13 | 10 | - | 5 | |
Other Diseases | 29 | 21 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 10 | 15 | 14 | - | - | |
Violence | 14 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 11 | - | - | 2 |
Total | 184 | 105 | 79 | 29 | 111 | 44 | 73 | 92 | 8 | 9 | 2 |
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. |
---|---|---|---|
295 | 235 | 3.3 | 245 |
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 :—
1880 | 1881 | 1882 | 1883 | 1884 | 1885 | 1886 | 1887 | 1888 | 1889 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
16.6 | 19.0 | 18.0 | 18.6 | 18.8 | 19.8 | 18.1 | 18.9 | 16.4 | 16.7 |