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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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STATISTICS OF MORTALITY.
| PUTNEY AND ROEHAMPTON. Population (Census) 1871— 9,439. Estimated population in middle of the year 1876— 10.990. Area in Statute Acres—2,176. | Total Deaths from each Class of Disease, &c., in the Sub-District. | Sex. | Age. | Social Position. | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 GO years of age. | At 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 & Labouring Classen. | |||
| DISEASES, And other causes of Death. | ||||||||||||||||
| Classes:— | ||||||||||||||||
| 1. Zymotic | Small Pox | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... |
| Measles | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | |
| Searlatina | 3 | 2 | 1 | ... | 3 | ... | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | |
| Diphtheria | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Quinsy | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| croup | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | |
| Whooping couph | 7 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | ... | 7 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 3 | 3 | |
| Typhus and other Fevers | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Erysipelas | 2 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | |
| Metria, Childbirth Childbirth; | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Carbuncle | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Influenza | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Diarrhœa & Choleraic Disease. | 7 | 3 | 4 | 7 | ... | ... | 7 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 5 | 2 | |
| Totals of Zymotic Class | 22 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 19 | ... | 2 | l | ... | ... | 2 | 12 | 8 | |
| 26 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 11 | ||||||
| 2ti | 15 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 9 | I | 1 | 10 | 6 | 9 | |||
| G | 4 | 2 | ... | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||||||
| 9 | 14 | <> | 4 | in | 3 | 4 | fi | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | |||||
| 6. Digestive Organs ... | 2 | 3 | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | o | 9 | 1 | ||||||
| 7. Urinary Organs ...... | 7 | 5 | 2 | ... | ... | 2 | 2 | 2 | I | 3 | 3 | 1 | ||||
| ration ............... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | . . . | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| 10 Of Skin | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | i | ... | ... | 1 | |||||||
| ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||
| Low Vitality, Mai- I | 10 | 6 | 4 | 10 | ... | 10 | 3 | 7 | ||||||||
| 12. Of Uncertain Seat ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||
| V | « | 1 | 1 | ... | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
| ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||
| Totals ......... | 113 | 78 | 65 | 37 | 20 | 1 | 60 | 25 | 18 | 36 | 4 | 4 | 29 | 52 | 58 | |
Phthisis Tubercular class of diseases there were 18 deaths registered as being due to Pulmonary