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Wandsworth 1883

[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.

CLAPHAM.Total Deaths from each Class of Disease, &c., in the Sub.District,Sex.Age.Social Position.
Population (Census) 1881 36,380 Official Population in middle of 1883 38,406 Area in Acres, 1,233Males.Females.Under 1 year.From 1 to 5 yearsFrom 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 age.At 60 and under 80 years of age.80 years and upwards.Nobility and Gentry,Professional Class, Merchants, Bankers, &e.Middle & Trading Class, Shopmen, Clerks, &e.Industrial and Labouring Classes.
DISEASES And other Causes of Death,
Classes:—
1. ZymoticSmall Pox................................
Measles33132010173333............423
Scarlatina835251..8..........224
Diphtheria734..32..52..........34
Croup17894103..17............413
Whooping Cough16610391316..........3310
Typhus, &c.312........1..2........21
Erysipelas2..22......2..............2
Metria, Childbirth7..7..........61........34
Carbuncle................................
Influenza................................
Diarrhœa19910123....15....4....3412
Cholera................................
Totals of Zymotic Class1124369334710697834..••142573
2. Tubercular763046910362826202....142042
3. Of Brain, Nerves, &c.66303625111138..10162191640
4 Of the Heart. &c.391920....134515132..91020
5. Of Respiratory Organs113506331345373510214..82085
6. Of Digestive Organs26131331..1561041..4913
7. Of Urinary Organs219121....12378112711
8. Of Organs of Generation................................
9. Of Joints, Bones, &c.................................
10. Of Skin3122......2....1........3
11. Premature Birth, Low Vitality, Malformation, &c.602535546....60............2040
12. Dropsy, Cancer, and of Uncertain Seat241014..........21462..31110
13. Age2510l5..............1312111310
14. Violence7342......2311....142
15. Not Specified835........2411....134
Totals580246334160109202131362919024366158353