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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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APPENDIX OF STATISTICAL TABLES.

Table: 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.

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.
Classes:—
1. Zymotic'Small Pox2473111213118821842............519
Measles183114......108412218...................612
Scarlatina.325718111814321732...............21020
Diphtheria83122...441326.........2...143
Quinsy1......1.........1......11.....................1
Croup265910...21313620...26..................1115
Whooping Cough4176199...18231822141...............21524
Typhus and Infantile Fever4410719351826179269621...91329
Erysipelas Metria,4...13......221......112............13
Childbirth10117...1...10.........145............28
Carbuncle............................................................
Infuenza............................................................
Diarrhœa & Dysentery692173549343543111562272131946
Cholera5...14......2332...5..................23
Totals of Zymotic Class.28262441432013132150881062523120179511088183
2. Tubercular3885950185212316417486521317791619...216114206
3. Of Brain and Nerves30663571421925152154856461589344756616100184
4. Of Heart10133212691 94556323161129421563951
5. Of Respiratory Organs316664615920251651518863415817498210310108195
6. Of Digestive Organs762123169735411811221021221592537
7. Of Urinary Organs .2973829218...1...261110...131411
8. Of Organs of Gene ration24341194...24.........11166...11616
9. Of Joints, Bones, &c.8422......44.........2132......125
10. Of Skin1112611565...1812............38
11. Prematura Birth, Low Vitality, Malformation, &c.1494221661378564148......149...............832109
12. Of Uncertain Seat .648143624303434113815262261739
13. Age1254432325194580..................6263993572
14. Violence5671322410441?752221 4146...111341
15. Not Specified5231...16141735408...2231413......42127
Totals19374513328701281569449935713065698121828636488361006171184