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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 1876

[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, 1875— 34,826. Estimated mean population, 1876—36,567. Area in Acres 1235.Total Deaths from each Class of Disease, etc., 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 SO years of age.80 years and upwards.Nobility and Gentry.Professional Class, Merchants, Bankers, &c.Middle & Trading Class, Shopmen, Clerks, &c.Industrial and Laboring ClnBsee.
Classes:—
1. ZymoticSmall Pox.734...11...2311............7
Measles201196113...20...............2117
Scarlatina.3420143227234..................430
Diphtheria.312...3......3...............1...2
Quinsy................................................
Croup1165191...11.....................11
Whooping
Cough5331221934......53...............4346
Typhus, &c.6242...215...1.........1...5
Erysipelas.22•••2.........2...............11...
Metria,
Childbirth10...10............73............28
Carbuncle...............................•••...............
Influenza...• •••••.......................................
Diarrhœ & Cholera602733534......57...111...3849
Totals of Zymotic Class206103103868414318710621...1219175
2. Tubercular2051218481376913340293...31014178
3. Of Brain,Nerves, &c.67343320145...3941012222855
4. Of the Heart, &c.361620...3126711111...4527
5. Of Respiratory Organs1898610361658212613242512617164
6. Of Digestive Organs35201561......714410......2825
7. Of Urinary Organs.16511...2125245...1...213
8. Of Organs of Generation11........................1............1
9. Of Joints, Bones, &c.431...2...13...•••1............4
10. Of Skin.........•••...•••..............................
11. Premature Birth, Low Vitality, Malformation, &c.66392766.........66...............1857
12. Of Uncertain Seat14774.........4343......1...13
13. Age13211.....................94......112
14. Violence32257731819643......2129
15. Not Specified936411...6111.........27
Totals89346542833520237276011009786984085760