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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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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 KNTIRE DISTRICT, As corrected by the Registrar General. Census 1871—125,060. Estimated Population for middle of year, 1877,— 159,234. Area in Statute Acres, 11,695. DISEASES, And other Causes of Death.Total Deaths from each Class of Disease, &c., in the entire District.scb-dlstricts.Sex.Age.Social Position
Ulapham—Population in 1871, ^7,o4/, area in acres, 1,233.Wanaswortn—Population in 1871,19,789, area in acres, 2,478.Battersea—Population in 1871, 54,016, area in acres, 2,348.Putney—Population in 1871, 9,439, are in acres, 2,176.Streatham, Tooting, and Balham—popu 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.Nobility and Gentry.Professional Class, Merchants, Bankers, &c.Middle and Trading Class, Shopmen, Clerks, &c.Industrial and Labouring Classes.
Classes:—
1. ZymoticSmall Pox5712...41...43225121010351192............50
Measles645...5522362816434631...............1153
Scarlatina584212661263233417562............21640
Diphtheria7......31316...2152...............25
Quinsy............................................................
Croup20Z1511146416...20...............1316
Whooping
Cough 73121144...630433338273..................1652
Typhus & other Fevers64494245303449932151241121449
Erysipelas13337......8541...5134......1210
Metria,
Child birth20231113...20............191..........1415
Carbuncle...........................................................
Influenza11...............1..................1...1.........
Diarrhoea & Choleraic Disease 114181669745658871411022631242484
Totals of Zymotic Class4916463313222923325816316844391533114241697374
2. Tubercular514465436526232652491 1566182731368817...52368418
3. Of Brain and Nerves45047111230293325319796661318552901071684475323
4. Of Heart204492193833841204......223756845151440135
5. Of Respiratory Organs51984423282936267...160126153083068981611258040?
6. Of Digestive Organs1553118691225767923113402236501413163691
7. Of Urinary Organs63139231173726114151824?37V32
8. Of Organs of Generation29439211...2911......26201...27516
9. Of Joints, Bones, &c33...12785.........132,8...1973
10. Of Skin63......12334......411...114
11. Premature Birth, Low Vitality, Malformation, &c.21273199781511110120111...211............3547157
12. Of Uncertain Seat101...1777344358156124829382341678
13. Age12b2813638144779............169566143670
14. Violence8?8149956121>)9fi74117149......51166
15. Not Specified261439......18862211753...4514
Totals29914673841726170244150514868404661091517387458525104751875442185