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Wandsworth 1866

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

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APPENDIX OF STATISTICAL TABLES.

Table: TABLE I. Summary of Deaths and their Causes, registered in the Entire District during 1866, classified according to Sex, Age, and Social Position, and showing also the relative Numbers in each Sub-District.

TABLE I.

Summary of Deaths and their Causes, registered in the Entire District during 1866, classified according to Sex, Age, and Social Position, and showing also the relative Numbers in each Sub-District.

POPULATION of ENTIRE DISTRICT, In 1861, 70,381. Area in Statute Acres, 11,695.DISEASES, And other Causes of Death.Total Deaths from each Class of Disease, &c., in the Entire District.Sub-Districts.Sex.Age.Social Position
Clapham—Population in 1861, 20,890,area in acres. 1,233.Wandsworth—Population in 1861, 13,346, area in acres, 2,478.Battersea—Population in 1861, 19,582, area in acres, 2,343.Putney—Population in 1861, 6,481, area in acres, 2,176.Streatham, Tooting, and Balham—Popu-lation 1861, 10,082, area in acres, 3,465.Males.Females.After 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, &cMiddle and Trading Class, Shopmen, Clerks, &c.Industrial and Labouring Classes.
Classes:—
1. ZymoticSmall Pox3410320...12410181023121............133
Measles102182350834557207551011.........111486
Scarlatina496102616193032717472............31234
Diphtheria225214...11012295184............1813
Quinsy11............1...1......1.....................1
Croup2773141217...223227...............1224
Whooping Cough781455117403826484771............42153
Typhus and Infantile Fever611653019243721863310117......91240
Erysipelas2......2......11............1...1............2
Metria, Childbirth14228...2...14............131.........158
Carbuncle............................................................
Influenza............................................................
Diarrhœa & Dysentery7113183145343746141621...8...121454
Cholera36472212201678421492.........630
Totals of Zymotic Class4979678268173823526212723246418392218...22295378
2. Turbercular334575518617191991357249614910666121313105213
3. Of Brain and Nerves2773656151201415412364485122385059891883167
4. Of Heart10726194571052553...271533502464057
5. Of Respiratory Organs33473571432140164170103778199254062822080232
6. Of Digestive Organs74152027842648158...2591525......82145
7. Of Urinary Organs2144814192...2...35841...2109
8. Of Organs of Generation234513...11222......2696...11516
9. Of Joints, Bones, &c.154371...5102217...44...1149
10. Of Skin143...11......9581...9122...1139
11. Premature Birth, Low Vitality, Malformation, &c.12940224791161681217...129............1103088
12. Of Uncertain Seat4531213512123332...5618151151227
13. Age1063511434133868...............35053593557
14. Violence661293294471993528151571...11055
15. Not Specified3017...82312186219410611262
Totals207242535110021211731034103853543374111226929532076311195391383