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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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diseases were one third less in the past year amongst
the labouring classes than in the previous one, and that
the number is gradually decreasing.
The following table, constructed on the same basis as
have been those employed in former reports, will give, at
one view, the causes of death of all persons registered
during 1864, as well as their ages, sex and social positions.

STATISTICS OF MORTALITY, &c.

PUTNEY and ROEHAMPTON. Population in 1861—6,481. Area in Statute Acres—2,176. DISEASES, And other Causes of Death.Total Deaths from each Class of Disease, &c., 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, &c.Middle & Trading Class, Shopmen, Clerks, &c.Industrial & Labouring Classes.
Classes:-
Small Pox1..1........1..........1..
Measles..............................
Scarlatina1..1..1..1..............1
Diphtheria22....1..11..........2..
Quinsy..............................
Croup11....1..1............1..
Whooping Cough..............................
1. ZymoticTyphus and Infantile Fever1..1..............11......
Erysipelas..............................
Metria, Childbirth1..1........1............1
Carbuncle..............................
Influenza..............................
Diarrhœa & Dysentery6335....5....1......15
Cholera..............................
Totals of Zymotic Class136753..83..111..57
2. Tubercular27151255112942....31311
3. Of Brain, Nerves, &c.178952..7333111510
4. Of the Heart, &c.743......2131....124
5. Of Respiratory Organs177102316..38....368
6. Of Digestive Organs10641....1..63..2233
7. Of Urinary Organs11..............1....1....
8. Of Organs of Generation..............................
9. Of Joints, Bones, &c...............................
10. Of Skin..............................
11. Premature Birth, Low Vitality, Malformation, &c5145....5..............5
12. Of Uncertain Seat431..........4......1..3
13. Age15114............1051185
14. Violence22............2..........2
15. Not Specified3121....1..11....12..
Totals1215566241324216263075144458