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Wandsworth 1860

[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 1860, 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 1860, Classified according to Sex, Age, and Social Position, and showing also the relative Numbers in each Sub-District.

POPULATION of ENTIRE DISTRICT, In 1861, 70,381. Area in Statute Acres, 11,695. DISEASES, And other Causes of Death.Total Deaths from each Class of Disease, 8cc. in the Entire District.Sub-Districts.Sex.Age.Social Position.
Clapham—Population in 1861, 20,890, | area in acres, 1,233.Wands worm—Population in 1861, 13,346, area in acres. 2.478.battersea— Population in 1861, 19,582, area in acres. 2 34.3.Putney—Population in 1861, 6,481. area in acres. 2.176.Streatham, l ooting, & baiham—Population 1861. 10.082. area acre*. 3 465.Males.Females.Under 1 year.From 1 to 5 years.From 5 to 10 years.Under 20 years, including an 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
Small Pox.186...10...212627613411........414
Measles4020513...21723925440..................535
Scarlatina382449...119196191038..................434
Diphtheria.1791412710292161............179
Quinsy .11...............1...1...1...............1......
Croup .1263...127529112...............138
Whooping3821412...117211520238............2...630
Cough
Typhus
Infantile1964612910••18153I.........1513
I. ZvmoticFever
Erysipelas .10513...14633...631.........118
Metria,
Child- birth11...............1............1..................1
Carbuncle .21.........111............11............11 o
Influenza..33............21...1...111............12
Diarrhoea.
and Dy-215410...2101192112225......3216
sentery. *1
Cholera1......1...• •...1..................1_............1
Totals of Zymotic Class22110826_ 683161051163897311921676...2839172
2. Tubercular16153571615207685201585056487...31413114
3. Of Brain and Nerves .24648103541526158884632590275865621446184
4.Of Heart7719132471438394...511731253282344,
5. Of Respiratory Organs2846150121213113115372493134374463631157213
6. Of Digestive Organs .5619121627272910211610164......52031
7. Of Urinary Organs ..1844523108.........2285...2286
8. Of Organs of Generation1654421...16.........1393...••••412
9, Of .Joints, Bones, &c.64...2......241......4......2.........33
10. Of Skin11............1......1...1.....................1
11.Premature Birth, . Low Vitality, Malformation, Sic. .. *67291017744918652...67............131053
Of Uncertain Seat ..3195...7101318531102982...7915
3. Age842615281143944..................3945732247
14. Violence39791823271224212121122...2829
15. Not Specified6736...2623333415742988193...72040
Totals137412930839986152709G6427821260619181249258672289299961