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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 1868

[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—2,343Total Deaths from each Class of Disease, &c., in the Sub-District.Sex.Age.Social Position.
Males.Females.Under I 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 GentryProfessional Class, Merchants, Bankers, Ac.Middle and Trading Class, Shopmen, Clerks, &c.Industrial and Labouring Classes.
DISEASES. And other Causes of Death.
Classes—
1. ZymoticSmall Pox11...1......1.....................1
Measles159649215..................78
Scarlatina42222010238411.........3...1821
Diphtheria1165...7310...1............56
Quinsy.............................................
Croup1376112...13..................67
Whooping Cough281018918198..................1117
Typhus and Infantile Fever3013172451866.........31215
Erysipelas5321......1...31......113
Metria, Childbirth13...13............94............67
Carbuncle.............................................
Influenza.............................................
Diarrhœea & Dysentery6531344411...561341......2936
Cholera21111...2..................2...
Totals of Zymotic Class22510312273851918517175i3497121
2. Tubercular228129999839515440277......8105118
3. Of Brain, Nerves, &c.1608179544041011916213166390
4. Of the Heart, &c.46252132211716102112123
5. Of Respiratory Organs145846155492108611182...37171
6. Of Digestive Organs37241391...1186111221419
7. Of Urinary Organs963............252.........36
8. Of Organs of Generation10...10............28.........118
9. Of Joints, Bones, &c.431......1121...............4
10. Of Skin5323......31...1.........14
11. Premature Birth. Low Vitality, Malformation, &c.61421961......61...............62530
12. Of Uncertain Seat311219421731110......41710
13. Age401723..................1030321322
14. Violence28181025213735......1225
15. Not Specified176119...110223.........314
Totals104655349337122337665116123103391038433565