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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 WEST. Population June, 1875 — 33,856. Estimated mean population June, 1876— (52 weeks) 35,577, Area 1108 acres.Total Deaths from each Class of Disease, &c., in the Sub-DistrictSexAgeSocial Position
MalesFemalesUnder 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 Pox3122......13.....................3
Measles35221311222...35............11429
Scarlatina209111935182............
Diphtheria5...5...1315..................26
Quinsy................................................
Croup642...51...6..................15
Whooping Cough32131914102...32..................824
Typhus & other Fevers19712......2351103...1...216
Erysipelas................................................
Metria, Childbirth5...5...............41............23
Carbuncle................................................
Influenza................................................
Diarrhœa Choleraic Disease4323203522...39...22...1...636
Totals of Zymotic Class1687989635515101437135...3129135
2. Tubercular14979704110411(5656234...323123
3. Of Brain, Nerves, &c.119803938232164923212621092
4. Of the Heart, &c49282141...16b13213...1...42
5. Of Respiratory Or-160827852402195726275......30130
G. Digestive Organs197124.........4375.........514
7. Urinary Organs1385.........22263...2...38
8. Of Organs of Gene-817...............521...1...25
9. Of Cancer, &c222193.........31891...1219
10. Syphilis4...421......31..................4
11. Premature Birth, Low Vitality, Malformation, &c30219291......30...............2...28
12. Of Uncertain Seat372314343...106713111727
13. Age532528.....................2231...2546
14. Violence18135641...11241.........117
15. Joints and Bones4222......13...1............22
Total8524504022471392727440105132132431710133692

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* This table includes all deaths in the Infirmary of the Union.