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

Wandsworth 1867

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

Published: 1868
Pages: 52
Tables: 15

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Page 15

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, showing the sex, social position, and age at death at different periods, and particularizing the several diseases of the Zymotic class.

WANDSWORTH.		Total Deaths from each Class of Disease, &c., in the Sub-District	Sex.		Age.								Social Position.
Population in 1861—13,346. Area in Acres, 2,478.			Males	Females	Under 1 year.	From 1 to 5 year.	From 5 to 10 year.	Under 20 years, including all under10 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 A Trading Class, Shopmen, Clerks, &c.	Industrial & Labouring Classes.
Diseases and other Causes of Death. Diseases Classified.			Males	Females	Under 1 year.	From 1 to 5 year.	From 5 to 10 year.	Under 20 years, including all under10 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 A Trading Class, Shopmen, Clerks, &c.	Industrial & Labouring Classes.

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Prevalence and Fatality of Epidemic Diseases.—The following table exhibits the deaths which have resulted from the principal Epidemic diseases during the past and 10 preceding years, and the relation which they bore to the deaths from all causes.

YEARS.	Small Pox	Measles.	Scarlet Fever.	Diphtheria.	Whooping Cough.	Cholera.	Diarrhœa.	Fever-Typhus and Typhoid.	Total Deaths from Epidemics.	Total Deaths from all causes.	Percentage of deaths from Epidemics to deaths from all causes.

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MARRIAGES, BIRTHS, AND DEATHS.

Years 1856 1857 1858 1859 1860 1861 1862 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867

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The amount of mortality amongst infants and children, as well as the sex, age and social position of all the persons whose deaths have been registered in the Sub-district within the year 1867, will be readily ascertained by the usual table which follows.—

CLAPHAM. Population in 1861—20,894. Area in Acres—1,233.		Total Deaths from each Class of Disease, &c., in the Sub-District.	SEX		Age								Social Position
CLAPHAM. Population in 1861—20,894. Area in Acres—1,233.			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 and Laboring Classes
DISEASES And other Causes of Death			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 and Laboring Classes

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Zymotic Diseases.—The comprehensive table which follows exhibits the comparative number of deaths from the seven principal Zymotic diseases in 12 years, from 1856 to 1867, inclusive.

Years. 1856 1857 1858 1859 1860 1861 1862 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867

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STATISTICS OF MORTALITY.

BATTERSEA. Population in 1861—19,852. Area in Statute Acres—2,343 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 I year.	From 1 to 6 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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STATISTICS OF MORTALITY.

STREATHAM, INCLUDING TOOTING & BALHAM. Population in 1861—10,082. Area in Statute Acres—3,465 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 year	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 50 and under 90 years of age.	80 years and upwards.	\| Nobility and Gentry.	Professional Class, Merchants, Bankers, &c.	Middle & Training Class, Shopmen, Clerks, &c.	Industrial and Laboring Classes.

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PUTNEY and ROEHAMPTON. Population in 1861—6.481. Vrea 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 and Trading Class,1 Shopmen, Clerks, &c. i	Industrial and Labouring Classes

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Prevalence and Fatality of Zymotic Diseases.—The following table exhibits the relative proportion and per centage of deaths due to the seven principal epidemics to deaths from all causes, in the past and 10 previous years.

YEARS.		Number of Deaths from all Causes.	No. of Deaths from Seven of the principal Epidemic Diseases.	Percentage of Deaths from seven principal Epidemics to Deaths from all Causes.

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TABLE I. Summary of Deaths and their Causes, registered in the Entire District during 1867, 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 Positios
			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—Population 1861, 10,082, area in acres, 3,465.	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.	Prolessional Class, Merchants, Bankers, &c.	Middle and Trading Class, Shopmen, Clerks, &c.	Industrial and labouring Classes.

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TABLE II. Births registered during the year ended 31st December, 1867.

SUB DISTRICT. Males. Females. Total.
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TABLE III. Meteorological Elements for 1867, from Observations taken at Greenwich.

MEANS. Jan., Feb., and March. April, May, and June. July, Aug., and September. Oct., Nov., and December. The Year.

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TABLE IV. Showing the total Deaths from the principal Epidemic Diseases registered in each Sub-District, and in the entire District and the relation which they bore to the total Mortality in the several years 1857-67.

Years.	Deaths from the seven principal Epidemics in each Sub-District.					Entire District.
Years.	Clapham.	Battersea.	Wandsworth.	Putney.	Streatham.	Total Deaths from the Seven Epidemics.	Total Deaths Registered from all causes	Per centage of Deatbs from the Seven Epidemics to Total Deaths.

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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, during the year ended 31st December, 1867. Compiled from the District Medical Belief Books.

SUB- DISTRICTS.	Total Cases of Sickness treated in each Sub-district.	1—Small Pox.		2—Measles.		3—Scarlatina and Malignant Sore Throat.		4—Whooping Cough.		5—Diarrhoea and Dysentery.		6—Cholera.		7—Fever.		8—Erysipelas		9—Puerperal Fever.		10—Lung Diseases except Phthisis.		11—Phthisis.		12—H ydrocephalus Atrophy, Scrofula, and Convulsions of Children.		13—Other Diseases.		14—Violence, Priv-tion, and Prema ture Birth.		Total Deaths in each Sub-District
		Cases.	Deaths.	Cases.	Deaths.	Cases.	Deaths.	Cases.	Deaths	Cases.	Deaths.	Cases.	Deaths.	Cases.	Deaths.	Cases.	Deaths.	Cases.	Deaths.	Cases.	Deaths.	Cases.	Deaths.	Cases.	Deaths.	Cases.	Deaths.	Cases.	Deaths

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TABLE VI. Summaby of the Sanitary Operations in the entire District during the year 1867.

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