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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 1875

[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 EAST. Population June, 1874— 33,085. Estimated mean *population, 1875 —34,826. Area in Acres 1235.Total Deaths from each Class of Disease, Ac., in the Sub-District.Sex.Age.Social Position.
Males.Females.Under 1 year.From 1 to 5 years.From 5 to 10 years.From 10 to 20 years.All under 20 years.At 20 and under 40 years of age.At 40 and under 60 years of ageAt 60 and under 80 years of age.80 years and upwards.Nobility and Gentry.Professional Class, Merchants, Bankers, &c.Middle & Trading Class, Shopmen, Clerks, &c.Industrial and Laboring Classes.
Classes:—
1. ZymoticSmall Pox................................................
Measles97236......9.....................9
Scarlatina5527282291935311............451
Diphtheria.615...42...6...............2...4
Quinsy................................................
Croup1385292...13.....................13
Whooping Cough42231919221...42...............5334
Typhus, &c.161151...618521.........214
Erysipelas.7526.........6......1............7
Metria, Childbirth4...4.........113...............13
Carbuncle..............................................
Influenza...............................................
Diarrhœa & Cholera44222231102...43...1.........1340
Totals of Zymotic Class196104926480325181942......813175
2. Tubercular197941037647651344571...2713175
3. Of Brain, Nerves, &c.100514946281277499126686
4. Of the Heart, &c.401723......134814113221422
5. Of Respiratory Organs19694102596362130142425331017166
6. Of Digestive Organs2071381......9443......1217
7. Of Urinary Organs.853...12...33...2......125
8. Of Organs of Generation2...2...............11...............2
9. Of Joints, Bones, &c.................................................
10. Of Skin................................................
11. Premature Birth, Low Vitality, Malformation, &c32191332.........32...............1526
12. Of Uncertain Seat21111032...16276...1...416
13. Age19514..................110822411
14. Violence23167532'414621......1220
15. Not Specified137612...14441......1210
Totals8674304372942275023594100777115124084731