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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 1869

[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 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, Shopmen, Clerks, &c.Industrial and Labouring Classes.
Classes—
1. ZymoticSmall Pox1147522101..................11
Measles18117512...18...............189
Scarlatina522329435952..................2230
Diphtheria7341337..................43
Quinsy.............................................
Croup53214...5..................14
Whooping Cough5220321832...52............2...2030
Typhus and Infantile Fever31131827419822...1...1218
Erysipelas7522......2...41.........25
Metria, Childbirth12...12.........192.........165
Carbuncle211..................2......1...1
Influenza.............................................
Diarrhœa & Dysentery6525405012...62...12.........2441
Cholera117456...11............1...55
Totals of Zymotic Class27311515893113182391897...43104162
2. Tubercular18391925424210151292...1663113
3. Of Brain, Nerves, &c.155857041405911216315385985
4. Of the Heart, &c.51262541113415181621726
5. Of Respiratory Organs2161161008155414213243613570138
6. Of Digestive Organs361620112...153810...411120
7. Of Urinary Organs963.........1...26.........18
8. Of Organs of Generation7...7............421.........61
9. Of Joints, Bones, &c.211.........1...1............2...
10. Of Skin4311......1......3.........22
11. Premature Birth, Low Vitality, Malformation &c.643628631...64...............32239
12. Of Uncertain Seat27131491...11196...3...915
13. Age541435..................2628321930
14. Violence2818104341575...1......622
15. Not Specified127571...8...13......129
Totals112155256936824134702113121149362731393670