[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth District, The Board of Works (Clapham, Putney, Streatham, Tooting & Wandsworth)] page 15

Wandsworth 1867

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

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Table: 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.

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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, 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.
Classes:-
1 Zymotic	Small Pox	3	2	1	...	1	...	1	2	…	…	…	…	…	…	3
	Measles	1	…	1	…	1	…	1	...	...	…	…	…	…	…	1
	Scarlatina	7	5	2	…	6	1	7	…	…	…	…	…	…	2	5
	Diphtheria	1	...	1	…	1	…	1	…	…	…	…	…	1	…	…
	Quinsy	...	…	…	…	…	…	…	...	…	…	…	…	…	…	…
	Croup	9	4	5	2	7	…	9	…	…	…	…	…	…	2	7
	Whooping Cough	6	4	2	3	3	…	6	…	…	…	…	...	…	…	6
	Fever	7	3	4	1	...	1	3	1	3	…	...	…	…	…	7
	Erysipelas	1	...	1	…	...	…	...	…	1	…	…	…	…	1	…
	Metria, Childbirth	1	…	1	…	...	...	...	1	…	…	…	…	…	1	...
	Carbuncle	…	…	…	...	…	…	…	…	…	…	…	…	…	...	…
	Influenza	...	…	...	...	...	…	...	…	…	...	…	...	…	…	...
	Diarrhœa & Dysentery	7	2	5	2	1	…	3	1	1	2	...	1	...	…	6
	Cholera	1	…	1	1	…	…	1	…	…	...	...	…	…	…	1
Totals of Zymotic Class		44	20	24	11	20	2	34	5	5	2	…	1	1	5	39
2 Tubercular		50	27	23	9	7	5	28	9	12	1	…	…	1	9	40
3 Of Brain, Nerves, &c.		57	30	27	6	4	…	11	8	21	16	1	3	4	9	41
4 Of the Heart, &c.		21	6	15	1	…	1	3	4	4	10	…	1	…	4	16
5 Of Respiratory Organs		46	23	23	16	7	1	24	4	8	9	1	…	1	7	38
6 Of Digestive Organs		23	4	19	5	1	…	7	5	5	6	…	1	3	6	13
7 Of the Kidneys		3	2	1	…	...	…	…	1	…	2	…	…	1	2	…
8 Of the Uterus		4	…	4	…	…	…	…	2	1	1	…	1	…	2	1
9 Of Joints, Bones, &c.		2	1	1	…	…	…	…	…	1	1	…	…	…	…	2
10 Of Skin		2	2	…	...	…	...	2	…	…	…	…	…	…	…	2
11 Premature Birth, Low Vitality, Malformation, &c		21	13	8	21	…	…	21	…	…	…	…	...	2	1	18
12 Of Uncertain Seat		14	7	7	…	2	…	2	1	1	10	…	…	1	3	10
13 Age		32	9	23	…	…	…	…	…	…	19	13	1	2	9	20
14 Violence		13	10	3	3	...	...	4	5	4	…	…	1	…	1	11
15 Not Specified		...	…	…	…	…	...	…	...	…	…	…	…	…	…	...
Total		332	154	178	72	41	9	134	44	62	77	15	9	16	58	249