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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 1877

[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.Total Deaths from each Class of Disease, &c., in the Sub-District.Sex.Age.Social Position.
Population, June, 1876— 36,567.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.
Estimated mean population, 1877—38,308.
Area in Acres 1235.
Classes:—
1. ZymoticSmall Pox.28141485612053............127
Measles47242311332...461...............641
Scarlatina18810...134118..................414
Diphtheria.1...1...............1..................1
Quinsy................................................
Croup107337......10...............118
Whooping Cough26141211141...26...............2420
Typhus, &c.1789...334103211......116
Erysipelas.43111......2...11...............
Metria, Childbirth8...8...............8...............17
Carbuncle.................................................
Influenza................................................
Diarrhœa & Cholera4725223831...42112l...3935
Totals of Zymotic Class206103103727917617419742...627173
2. Tubercular19310885772881612930331......916168
3. Of Brain, Nerves, &c.82433922233149810123...4969
4. Of the Heart, &c.381622......235111111...2...234
5. Of Respiratory Organs2031049974661021527142643819173
6. Of Digestive Organs32171542...286611112227
7. Of Urinary Organs.972...............351.........18
8. Of Organs of Generation1...1..................1.........1......
9. Of Joints, Bones, &c.................................................
10. Of Skin................................................
11. Premature Birth, Low Vitality, Malformation, &c.67363167.........67...............1957
12. Of Uncertain Seat2371652119446.........419
13. Age1679.....................1241258
14. Violence261886233146231...1421
15. Not Specified954221...513.........216
Totals90547143432920445346129596871573699763