[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth District, The Board of Works (Clapham, Putney, Streatham, Tooting & Wandsworth)] page 12

Wandsworth 1887

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth District, The Board of Works (Clapham, Putney, Streatham, Tooting & Wandsworth)]

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Table: TABLE VI.Summary of Deaths and their Causes, registered in the entire District during 1887, classified according to Sex, Age, and Social Position, and showing also the relative numbers in each Sub-district.

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TABLE VI.

Summary of Deaths and their Causes, registered in the entire District during 1887, classified according to Sex, Age, and Social Position, and showing also the relative numbers in each Sub-district.

POPULATION of entire District, (Census) 1881, 272,764, Official Population in middle of 1887, 257,742, Area in Statute Acres, 11,695.					Total Deaths from each class of Disease in the entire District.	Sub- Districts.																	Sex.					Age.																						Social Position
						East Battersea—Population, 72,550. Area in acres, 947.			West Battersea—Population, 70,213. Area in acres, 1,396			Clapham—Population. 43,045. Area in acres, 1,233.			Putney—Population, 15,590. Area in acres. 2,176.			Streatham. Tooting and Balham—Population 38,225. Area in acres. 3.465.			Wandsworth—Population, 33,141. Area in acres, 2,478.		Males.			Females.		Uuder 1 year.			From 1 to 5 years.			From 5 to 10 years.			From 10 to 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, &c		Middle & Trading Class, Shopmen, Clerks,&c			Industrial and "Laboring Class.
CAUSES OF DEATH						East Battersea—Population, 72,550. Area in acres, 947.			West Battersea—Population, 70,213. Area in acres, 1,396			Clapham—Population. 43,045. Area in acres, 1,233.			Putney—Population, 15,590. Area in acres. 2,176.						Wandsworth—Population, 33,141. Area in acres, 2,478.		Males.			Females.		Uuder 1 year.			From 1 to 5 years.			From 5 to 10 years.			From 10 to 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, &c		Middle & Trading Class, Shopmen, Clerks,&c			Industrial and "Laboring Class.
1. Zymotic.	Small Pox				...	...			...			...			...			...			...		...			...		...			...			...			...			...			...			...			...		...		...		...		...
	Measles				147	33			46			25			2			21			20		81			66		39			93			13			1			1			...			...			...		...		4		17		126
	Scarlet Fever				60	18			30			6			1			4			1		33			27		2			35			14			6			2			1			...			...		...		2		6		52
	Typhus Fever				1	...			...			...			...			...			...		...			1		...			...			...			...			1			...			...			...		...		...		...		1
	Enteric Fever				29	3			14			4			...			1			6		13			16		...			1			6			4			9			7			2			...		...		42		6		21
	Puerperal Fever				18	7			9			...			...			...			2		..			18		...			...			...			2			16			...			...			...		...		...		4		14
	Diphtheria				43	8			15			10			1			7			2		17			26		4			20			14			5			...			...			...			...		2		3		5		33
	Whooping Cough				153	58			54			25			2			6			8		58			95		59			87			7			...			...			...			...			...		...		6		14		133
	Erysipelas				30	7			12			6			1			3			1		9			21		8			1			...			1			5			5			6			4		2		4		5		19
	Diarrhœa, Dysentery, & Cholera Other Zymotic				245	99			76			24			...			16			30		125			120		185			37			3			1			1			5			12			1		2		6		30		207
	Diseases				18	13			...			...			...			4			1		12			6		6			5			3			...			3			...			1			...		...		2		3		13
Totals of Zymotic Class					744	246		256			100			7				64			71		348			396		303		278			60			20			38				18			21			5	6		31			90		619
II. Constitutional.	Gout, and Rheumatism				44	2		16			9			...				6			11		22			22		...		...			5			3			13				9			12			1	3		6			13		22
	Cancer and other Tumours				125	14		33			30			11				21			16		40			85		...		...			1			1			8				53			58			4	12		17			32		64
	Other Constitutional Diseases				44	5		21			7			...				6			5		19			25		18		...			1			1			7				6			10			...	4		4			7		29
	Tubercular	Phthisis			379	75		126			43			20				36			79		205			174		5		11			4			40			163				123			33			..	2		31			74		272
		Tabes Mesa			181	73		53			12			2				11			30		93			88		131		34			5			6			7				4			..			..	3		2			12		164
		Hydrocephalus			54	14		15			13			1				10			1		34			20		18		28			4			3			1				...			...			...	...		4			8		42
		Scrofula			21	...		11			7			1				1			1		12			9		11		3			1			2			1				3			...			...	...		1			6		14
III. Local.	Nervous			572		121		159			81			36			60			115			307		265			155		82			18			13			39			105			138		22			25		45		103		399
	Circulatory			270		37		91			52			23			35			32			128		142			6		3			4			4			39			94			107		13			19		26		45		180
	Respiratory			852		226		302			110			34			76			110			396		456			195		215			34			11			50			114			193		40			20		45		131		656
	Digestive			205		20		66			46			20			23			30			94		111			57		6			4			9			28			43			51		7			9		23		43		130
	Urinary			105		17		36			14			8			13			17			67		38			...		7			2			4			19			36			32		5			5		14		28		58
	Generative			23		5		14			2			...			...			2			1		22								...						17			5			1		...					2		5		16
	Locomotory			25		1		23			...			...			...			1			13		12			3		6			1			4			2			3			6		...			1		1		...		23
	Integumentary			7		...		6			1			...			...			...			5		2			1		1			...			1			1			2			1		...			...		...		1		6
IV. Developmental.		Prematu re Birth, LowVitality andCongenitalDefects		346		102		100			46			14			46			38			193		153			337					2			...			...			...			...		...			2		22		46		276
Old Age				185		21		67			18			12			31			36			69		116			...		...			...			...			...			1			94		90			24		16		41		104
V. Violence				102		37		26			9			7			10			13			65		37			31		12			6			7			19			20			7		...			1		3		22		76
VI.Illdefined & notspecified				18		...		14			...			...			2			2			9		9			6		3			...			1			3			4			1		...			...		...		2		16
Totals				4302		1016		1435			600			196			445			610			2120		2182			1277		698			152			130			455			638			765		187			136		291		709		3166