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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 WEST.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.
Population June, 1876 — 35,577.
Estimated mean population June, 1877— (52 weeks) 37,298, Area 1108 acres.
Classes:—
1 ZymoticSmall Pox138513217222.........211
Measles871161...8..................26
Scarlatina817143...8..................26
Diphtheria211...1......11...............11
Quinsy................................................
Croup532...5......5.....................5
Whooping Cough186127101...18...............1116
Typhus & other Fevers25131225213651......1519
Erysipelas321...............111............3
Metria, Childbirth3...3...............3..................3
Carbuncle................................................
Influenza...................................................
Diarrhœa & Choleraic Disease221111182......20...2............220
Totals of Zymotic Class107525530351238013104......21590
2. Tubercular172967647226148944318...1220149
3. Of Brain, Nerves, &c.14885634219457010214162122123
4. Of the Heart, &c.5522332...114712311...1747
5. Of Respiratory Organs12459653627...265526253...311110
6. Digestive Organs3716215221104815......3430
7. Urinary Organs1486...............437.........410
8. Of Organs of Generation8...81.........134...............8
9. Of Cancer, &c.22913...1......12136......1417
10. Syphilis7616.........6...1............16
11. Premature Birth, Low Vitality, Malformation, &c.30121830.........30............3...225
12. Of Uncertain Seat2581722......4241412...122
13. Age471829.....................202711540
14. Violence23185612110562.........221
15. Joints and Bones1...1..................1...............1
Total8204094112071092727370991401733891498699

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