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Wandsworth 1864

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

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something under 16 in every 1000 living; a most
encouraging fact, and one which in my humble view repays
us for all previous sanitary exertions.

As usual, I here affix the much approved mortality table, which gives the number of deaths from each class of disease and the causes, as well as the age, sex, and social position of every person who died and whose death was registered in this parish, during the past year.

CLAPHAM. Population in 1861—20,894. Area in Acres—1,233. DISEASES, And other Causes of Death.Total Deaths from each Class of Disease, Ac., in the Sub-District.Sex.Age.Social Position.
Males.Females.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 80 years of age.80 years and upwards.Nobility and Gentry.Professional Class, Merchants, Bankers, Ac.Middle A Trading Class, Shopmen, Clerks, Ac.Industrial & Labouring Classes.
Classes:—
1. ZymoticSmall pox3..32....2..1........12
Measles1248111..12............111
Scarlatina1156352101........146
Diphtheria2..2..1..1..1..........2
Quinsy11..........1..........1..
Croup413..314..........1..3
Whooping Cough104637..10............28
Typhus, &c.14773329131......212
Erysipelas11............1........1..
Metria, Childbirth1..1........1........1....
Carbuncle11............1......1....
Influenza..............................
Diarrhœa & Dysentery116571..8..12......47
Cholera..............................
Totals of Zymotic Class7130411931556483••••41651
2. Tubercular462323632201592....41725
3. Of Brain, Nerves, &c.6035251013530611103••82230
4. Of the Heart, &c.211011••..••2••127......615
5. Of Respiratory Organs6628382011334419......11946
6. Of Digestive Organs3314191281211371..11418
7. Of Urinary Organs33..............3......3..
8. Of Organs of Generation211........1..1..• •11..
9. Of Joints, Bones, &c.954......4..23......63
10. Of Skin11..••1••1..............1
11. Premature Birth, Low Vitality, Malformation, &c.241014213••24..........2418
12. Of Uncertain Seat211..1..1..1....• •..••2
13. Age451431............1233• •82116
14. Violence9272227..1..1....36
15. Not Specified163136118l34••••1411
Totals40818022896741920832597138••30136242

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