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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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APPENDIX OF STATISTICAL TABLES.

Table: TABLE I. Summary of Deaths and their Causes, registered in the entire District during 1869, 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 1869, 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 Position
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.Professional Class, Merchants, Bankers, &c.Middle and Trading Class, Shopmen, Clerks, &c.Industrial and Labouring Classes.
Classes:-
1. ZymoticSmall Pox2110...11......10115921731...............21
Measles52223185429231237152...............41038
Scarlatina133293652610676613872113021.........44782
Diphtheria14......7258616513......1...1...94
Quinsy............................................................
Croup2237516148418...22...............3613
Whooping Cough96297526247493855...96............2...2965
Typhus and Infantile Fever6117531533031611103614731122137
Erysipelas81...7......622......2141.........35
Metria, Childbirth23421223...23.........2192.........4109
Carbuncle2......2......11..................2......1...1
Influenza............................................................
Diarrhœa & Dysentery1262923656359679323...116...442...24282
Cholera or Choleraic Diarrhœa131...111...8557...121.........1...57
Totals of Zymotic Class5711251032733436279292179253394984019113520182364
2. Tubercular3265055183201815916769363145115588...415101206
3. Of Brain and Nerves353589815517251921617474...17642418212727102217
4. Of Heart11925175162063564332116364426114062
5. Of Respiratory Organs39670552161540210186135925236275277497112268
6. Of Digestive Organs93131836111544491910...35824251743250
7. Of Urinary Organs4012119...82416...1...3614161361318
8. Of Organs of Generation133271......13............643.........94
9. Of Joints, Bones, &c.64...2......42......14...2............42
10. Of Skin6......4...23311...2...13......132
11. Premature Birth, Low Vitality, Malformation, &c.1766623641112101751724...176...............1154111
12. Of Uncertain Seat6291727632834151...2052017...521936
13. Age1143214544104371..................55596133461
14. Violence64913988647177963117961...31447
15. Not Specified5432312...72529175...2281014......51435
Totals239350842911211332021222117169248957136929029036183521257331483