[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth District, The Board of Works (Clapham, Putney, Streatham, Tooting & Wandsworth)] page 11

Wandsworth 1860

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

This page requires JavaScript

Text

Copy text to clipboard

11
order to obviate, as far as possible, the evils which over-crowding
unavoidably promotes.
Causes of Death.

Table: The following table contains a summary of all the causes of death, arranged in accordance with the classification of the Registrar-General, shewing the sex, social position, and age at death at 8 periods, and particularising the several diseases of the Zymotic class.

Download table as:

The following table contains a summary of all the causes of death, arranged in accordance with the classification of the Registrar-General, shewing the sex, social position, and age at death at 8 periods, and particularising the several diseases of the Zymotic class.

WANDSWORTH. Population in 1S61, 13,346 Area in Acres, 2,478. Diseases and other Causes of Death. Diseases Classified.		Sex.			Age.								Social Position.
		Males.	Females.	Total.	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 Year* of age.	80 Years and upwards.	Nobility and Gentry.	Professional Class, Merchants. Bankers. &c.	Middle and Training Class, Shopmen, Clerks, &c.	Industrial and Labouring Classes.
		Classes:-
		1. Zymotic	Measles	3	2	5	..	5	..	5	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	4
Scarlatina	2		2	4	1	3	..	4	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	4
Diphtheria .	1		..	1	1	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1
Whooping Cough.	3		1	4	1	2	..	4	..	..	..	..	2	..	..	2
Diarrhœa and Dysentery .	2		2	4	1	1	..	2	1	1	..	..	..	..	..	4
Croup	1		2	3	..	3	..	3	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	2
Fever	1		3	4	..	..	..	2	2	..	..	..	..	1	..	3
Erysipelas	..		1	1	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	1
Total	13		13	26	4	14	..	21	4	1	..	..	2	1	2	21
2. Tubercular		24	33	57	2	4	5	13	23	16	5	..	1	1	7	48
3. Of Brain, Nerves,&c.		76	27	103	15	4	..	20	23	35	24	1	2	1	6	94
4. Of the Heart, &c.		9	4	13	..	..	..	1	1	3	7	1	1	1	..	11
5. Of Respiratory Organs		27	23	50	18	8	1	28	3	7	12	..	1	1	7	41
6. Of Digestive Organs		8	4	12	2	..	..	2	..	7	3	..	..	..	4	8
7. Of the Kidneys, &c.		1	3	4	..	..	..	1	1	2	..	..	..	..	3	1
8. Of the Uterus, &c.		..	4	4	..	..	..	..	1	3	..	..	..	..	..	4
9. Of Uncertain Seat		2	3	S	1	..	..	1	..	2	2	..	..	2	..	3
10. Premature Birth, Low Vitality, Mal- formation, &c.		5	5	10	10	..	..	10	..	..	..	..	1	..	1	8
11. Age		8	7	15	..	..	..	..	..	..	7	8	3	..	3	9
12. Violence		7	2	9	1	••	1	3	3	3	..	..	..	..	3	6
Total		180	128	308	53	30	7	100	59	79	60	10	11	7	36	254

London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

View report page

Wandsworth 1860

Text

Table: The following table contains a summary of all the causes of death, arranged in accordance with the classification of the Registrar-General, shewing the sex, social position, and age at death at 8 periods, and particularising the several diseases of the Zymotic class.