[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth District, The Board of Works (Clapham, Putney, Streatham, Tooting & Wandsworth)]

Wandsworth 1859

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth District, The Board of Works (Clapham, Putney, Streatham, Tooting & Wandsworth)]

Published: 1860
Pages: 30
Tables: 8

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Causes of Death. The following table contains a summary of all the causes of death, arranged in accordance with the classification of the Registrar General, and showing the sex, social position, and age at death at 8 periods.

WANDSWORTH.		SEX			AGE								SOCIAL POSITION
Population in 1851, 9,611. Area in Acres, . . 2,478		Males	Females	Total	Under 1 year	From 1 to 5 years	From 5 to 10 years	Under 20 years, including all under 10 years	At 20, and under 40 years of age	At 40, and under 60 years of age	At 60, and under 80years of age	80 years and upwards	Nobility and Gentry	Professional Class, Merchants, Bankers, &c.	Middleand Trading Class, Shopmen, Clerks, &c.	Industrial and Labouring Classes
Disease* and other Causes of Death Diseases Classified.		Males	Females	Total	Under 1 year	From 1 to 5 years	From 5 to 10 years	Under 20 years, including all under 10 years	At 20, and under 40 years of age	At 40, and under 60 years of age	At 60, and under 80years of age	80 years and upwards	Nobility and Gentry	Professional Class, Merchants, Bankers, &c.	Middleand Trading Class, Shopmen, Clerks, &c.	Industrial and Labouring Classes

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Epidemic Diseases—Prevalence and Fatality of. The following table shows the deaths which have resulted from epidemic diseases during the past and three preceding years.

Years Small-pox Measles Scarlet Fever Diphtheria Hooping-cough Diarrhoea Fever, Typhus & Typhoid Total

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The subjoined table gives the number of deaths that has occurred from all causes and amongst all classes, ages, &c. :—

BATTERSEA. Population in 1851, 10,560 Area in Statute Acres, 2,343	SEX			AGE								SOCIAL POSITION
	Males	Females	Total	Under 1 year	From 1 to 5 years	From 0 to 10 years	Under 20years, including all under 10 years	At 20, and under 40years 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, Me-chants, Bankers, &c.	Middle and Trading Class, Shopmen, Clerks, &c.	Industrial and Labouring! Classes
DISEASES And other causes of death.	Males	Females	Total	Under 1 year	From 1 to 5 years	From 0 to 10 years	Under 20years, including all under 10 years	At 20, and under 40years 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, Me-chants, Bankers, &c.	Middle and Trading Class, Shopmen, Clerks, &c.	Industrial and Labouring! Classes

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The trying peculiarity of the weather and seasons, may in a measure account for a part of the great excess indicated.

STEEATHAM, INCLUDING" TOOTING & BALHAM Population in 1851, 9,023 Area in Statute Acres, 3,465	SEX			AGE								SOCIAL POSITION
	Males	Females	Total	Under 1 year	From I to 5 years	From 5 to 10 years	Under 20 years, including all under 10 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
DISEASES And other causes of death.	Males	Females	Total	Under 1 year	From I to 5 years	From 5 to 10 years	Under 20 years, including all under 10 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

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The following table gives the deaths from each class of disease and other causes, together with the sex, age, and social positions of the deceased

PUTNEY AND ROEHAMPTON	SEX			AGE								SOCIAL POSITION
PUTNEY AND ROEHAMPTON	Males	Females	Total	Under 1 vear	From 1 to 5 years	From 5 to 10 years	Under 20 years, including all under 10 years	At 20, and under 40 years of age	At 40, and under 60 years of age	At 60, and uuder 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 Clares
Population in 1851, 5,280 Area in Acres 2,176
DISEASES And other causes of death.

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The localities indicated in this table have been especially noted for the information and guidance of the Surveyor.

Localities Small Pox Measles Scarlet Fever Hooping Cough Diarrhœa Fever, Typhus, and Typhoid Totals

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TABLE V. Cases of Sickness amongst the Out-door Poor under the Treatment of the Union Medical Officers, with the Deaths from each Class of Disease, durnin the year that ended 31st December, 1859, compiled from the District Medical Relief Books.

Sub-districts	Total Cases of Sickncss treated in each Sub-district	1. Small Fox		2. Measles		3. Scarlatina and Malignant Sore Throat		4. Hooping Cough		5. Diarrhoea & Dysentery		6. Cholera		7. Fever		8. Erysipelas		9. Puerperal Fever		10. Lung Diseases, except Phthisis		11. Phthisis		12. Hydrocephalus, Atrophy, Scrofnla, aud Convulsions of Children		13. Other Diseases		14. - Violence, Privation, and Premature Birth		Total Deaths in each Sub-district
Sub-districts	Total Cases of Sickncss treated in each Sub-district	Cases	Deaths	Cases	Deaths	Cases	Deaths	Cases	Deaths	Cases	Death	Cases	Deaths	Cases	Deaths	Cases	Deaths	Cases	Deaths	Cases	Deaths	Cases	Deaths	Cases	Deaths	Cases	Deaths	Cases	Deaths	Total Deaths in each Sub-district

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TABLE VI. Summary of the Sanitary Operations in the entire District during the year 1859.

Clapham Battersea Wandsworth Putney and Roehampton Streatham, including Tooting & Balham Totals