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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

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: STATISTICS OF MORTALITY.

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 GentryProfessional Class, Merchants, Bankers, &c.Middle and Trading Class, Shopmen, Clerks, &c.Industrial and Labouring Classes.
Classes—
1. ZymoticSmall Pox118344210...1............38
Measles1495310114..................68
Scarlatina1899112418...............1611
Diphtheria21111...2..................2...
Quinsy1...1......11.....................1
Croup105537...10..................73
Whooping Cough1961399119...............199
Typhus and Infantile
Fever19811...47143...11...1810
Erysipelas Metria,3211......111...............3
Childbirth7...7.........142............25
Carbuncle.............................................
Influenza Diarrhoea & Dysentery352114209130......32...21023
Cholera42222...4..................22
Totals of Zymotic Class14371724458171248443...55583
2. Tubercular18590956836511542226......866111
3. Of Brain, Nerves, &c.14272705043297810252...15388
4. Of the Heart, &c.26121411...45710.........1412,
5. Of Respiratory Organs15984754347294322355146391
6. Of Digestive Organs161154......4165......178
7. Of Urinary Organs88...............152.........26
8. Of Organs of Generation11...11.........1523.........38
9. Of Joints, Bones, &c.211.........2.....................2
10. Of Skin8244...15...1............15
11. Premature Birth, Low Vitality, Malformation, &c.66313566......66...............21747
12. 0f Uncertain Seat8619171118710101131022
13. Age321715..................1814111515
14. Violence2216623211443.........814
15. Not Specified1651191...10123.........79
Totals87043943129219030541859512425325321521