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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 1874

[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 WEST. Population June, 1873— 30,814, Estimated mean population June, 1874— (52 weeks) 32,135. Area 1108 acres.Total Deaths from each Class of Disease, &c., in the Sub-DistrictSexAgeSocial Position
MalesF emalesUnder 1 yearFrom 1 to 5 yearsFrom 5 to 10 yearsFrom 10 to 20 yearsAll under 20 yearsAt 20, and under 40 yearsAt 40, and under 60 yearsAt 60, and under 80 years80 years and upwardsNobility and GentryProfessional Class, Merchants, Bankers, &c.Middle and Trading Class, Shopmen, Clerks, &c.Industrial and Labouring Classes.
Classes:—
1 ZymoticSmall Pox................................................
Measles82626......8.....................8
Scarlatina523...22...4i...............14
Diphtheria2...2...2......2...............13
Quinsy.............................................
Croup16973121...16..................214
Whooping Cough3018121317......30..................624
Typhus & other Fevers15105...4138...43.........411
Erysipelas431.........11111......i...3
Mctria, Childbirth11...11...............83.........245
Carbuncle................................................
Influenza................................................
Diarrhoea Choleraic Disease432518313......34o34.........637
Totals of Zymotic Class134696549464410312118......324107
2. Tubercular11367463712125241173...232187
3. Of Brain, Nerves, &c.11153583120...3576222242142570
4. Of the Heart, &c3516192...21551111212626
5. Of Respiratory Or-gans15180713920116114303793414130
Digestive Organs231013512819............320
7. Urinary Organs651...............141...3...14
8. Of Organs of Generation312..................21............3
Of Cancer, &c1073..................46......118
Syphilis6244.........431.........24
11. Premature Birth, Low Vitality, Malformation, &c26161026.........26.....................26
Of Uncertain Seat2711166212112581...2619
13. Age22913.....................121023413
Violence1512334119233............15
15. Joints and Bones422...122...............22
Total68636032620510121633887120115261132109534

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This table includes all deaths in the Infirmary of the Union,