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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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APPENDIX OF STATISTICAL TABLES.

Table: TABLE I. Summary of Deaths and their Causes, registered in the entire District during 1876, classified according to Sex, Age, and Social Position, and showing also the relative Numbers in each Sub-District.

TABLE I. Summary of Deaths and their Causes, registered in the entire District during 1876, classified according to Sex, Age, and Social Position, and showing also the relative Numbers in each Sub-District.

POPULATION of ENTIRE DISTRICT, As corrected by the Regis rar General. Census 1871—125,060. Estimated Population for middle of year, 1876,— 153,648. Area in Statute Acres, 11,695.Total Deaths from each Class of Disease, &c., in the entire District.Sub-Districts.Sex.Age.Social Position
Clapnam—Population in 1871, 27,347, area in acres, 1,233.Wandsworth—Population in 1871,19,783, area in acres, 2,478.Battersea—Population in 1871, 54,016, area in acres, 2,348.Putney—Population in 1871, 9,439, area in acres, 2,176.Streathain, Tooting, and Balham—I'opu-| lation 1871, 14,475, area in acres, 3,465. !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 60 years of age.At 60, and under 80 years of age.80 years and upwards.J Nobility and Gentry.Professional Class, Merchants, Bankers, &c.Middle and Trading Class, shopmen, Clerics, &c.1 Industrial and Labouring Classes.
DISEASES, And other Causes of Death.
Classes:—
1. ZymoticSmall Pox26141101...917322111131.........422
Measles881317551251372854688............131174
Scarlatina8613125434513584720824.........141368
Diphtheria15...18...641116214...1......1431
Quinsy............................................................
Croup275317111611122426...............1521
Whooping Cough12617108577626450724126...............72297
Typhus & other Fevers4751225...52324246199144111837
Erysipelas1362221944.....41341...346
Metria, Childbirth265415...2...26.........1214.........31013
Carbuncle............................................................
Influenza............................................................
Diarrhoea & Choleraic Disease1592418103778871123162143...78131326117
Totals of Zymotic Class.613102803742235313300220223465154632173739106461
2. Tubercular5558064354263131124415968169731719516...102389433
3. Of Brain and Nerves41 641125185263994017689601017044921098203178287
4. Of Heart170352685618838744117285070571737109
5. Of Respiratory Organs561795834923522732881691261231234911151092391438
6. Of Digestive Organs196162054522576995313123304028133273
7. Of Urinary Organs62146297634282219121722236163 J
8. Of Organs of Generation_352916419.........1796...24413
9.Of Joints, Bones, &c.14ft81?9509...7...34...1...49
10. Of Skin51...4......142114......1.........14
11. Premature Birth, Low Vitality, Malformation, &c.29684229610141309691016...296...............847171
12. Of Uncertain Seat .9i318731248641143181324384481471
13. Age1503716668236387..................757510202298
14. Violence901014507968n1612544151714...131373
15. Not Specified463519120268221259191...51526
Totals3154545461174514326016401514910524991638398468540110822015682303