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 II.
The following table shows the cause of all deaths, classified according to age, sex and social position.
Population (Census) 1881, 52,587 Official Population in middle of June, 1889, 76,189 | Total Deaths from each Class of Disease. &c., in the Sub-District. | Sex. | Age. | Social Position | ||||||||||||||
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Males. | Females. | Under1 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. | Professional Class, Merchants, Bankers, &c. | Middle and Trading Class, Shopmen, Clerks, &c. | Industrial and Labouring Classes. | |||||
CAUSES OF DEATH. | ||||||||||||||||||
I, Zymotic. | Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Measles | 56 | 29 | 27 | 13 | 43 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ..5 | 51 | |||
Scarlet Fever | 3 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
Typhus Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Enteric Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||
Puerparal Fever | 5 | .. | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | |||
Diphtheria | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 8 | ||||
Whooping Cough | 55 | 30 | 25 | 23 | 32 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 4 | 50 | |||
Erysipelas | 2 | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | ||||
Diarrhoea, Dysentery and Cholera | 74 | 35 | 39 | 55 | 14 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | 9 | 64 | |||
Other Zymotic Diseases | 2 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .... | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | |||
Totals of Zymotic Class | 217 | 112 | 105 | 95 | 96 | 5 | .. | 11 | 2 | 5 | .. | 1 | 3 | 22 | 191 | |||
II. Constitutional. | Gout and Rheumatism | 9 | 3 | 6 | .. | .. | .... | .. | 2 | 4 | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 7 | ||
Cancer & other Tumours Other Constitutional | 30 | 6 | 24 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 11 | 17 | .. | 3 | .. | 5 | 22 | |||
Diseases | 15 | 6 | 9 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 5 | 6 | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | 11 | |||
II contitutional. | Phthisis 99 | 49 | 50 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 40 | 3 3 | 5 | .. | 1 | 1 | 18 | 79 | |||
Tabes Mesa | 45 | 23 | 22 | 34 | 6 | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 42 | |||
Hydrocephalus | 23 | 17 | 6 | 12 | 9 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 22 | |||
Scrofula | 3 | 1 | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | |||
Ill Local. | Nervous | 112 | 60 | 52 | 48 | 15 | 1 | .. | 3 | 10 | 31 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 97 | ||
Circulatory | 62 | 32 | 30 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 7 | 23 | 26 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 49 | |||
Respiratory | 211 | 99 | 112 | 59 | 14 | 5 | .. | 7 | 35 | 43 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 21 | 179 | |||
Digestive | 60 | 25 | 35 | 21 | 3 | .. | .. | 6 | 14 | 11 | .. | 1 | 2 | 9 | 48 | |||
Urinary | 27 | 15 | 12 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 11 | 11 | .. | 2 | 3 | 5 | 17 | |||
Generative | 8 | .. | 8 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 5 | |||
Locomotory | 3 | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | |||
Integumentary | 6 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | |||
IV.Developmental. | Premature Birth, Low Vitality and Congenital Defects | 98 | 51 | 47 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 6 | 89 | ||
Old Age | 29 | 2 | 27 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 14 | 15 | 3 | .. | 5 | 21 | |||
V. | Violence | 27 | 17 | 10 | 14 | 4 | .. | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | .. | .. | .... | .. | 27 | ||
VI. | Illdefined | Illdefined | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | |
Not Specified. | Not Specified | .. | .. | .. | .... | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Totals | 1088 | 524 | 504 | 389 | 194 | 18 | 28 | 100 | 155 | 178 | 26 | 25 | 22 | 121 | 920 |