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Wandsworth 1861

[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 I.

Table: Summary of Deaths and their Causes, registered in the Entire District during 1861, classified according to Sex, Age, and Social Position, and showing also the relative Numbers in each Sub-District.

Summary of Deaths and their Causes, registered in the Entire District during 1861, 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.Total Deaths from each class of Disease, &c., in the Entire District.Sub-Districts.Sex.Age.Social Position.
Clapham—Population in 1861, 20,890, area in acres, 1,233.Wandsworth—Population in 1861, 13,346, area in acres, 2,478.Battersea—Population in 1861, 19,582, area in acres, 2,343.Putney—Population in 1861, 6,481, area in acres, 2,176.Streatham, Tooting, &Balham—Popu-lation 1861, 10,082, area acres, 3,465.'Males.J 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.60 years and upwards.Nobility and Gentry.Professional Class, Merchants, Bankers, &c.Middle and Trading Class, Shopmen, Clerks, &c.Industrial and Labouring Classes..
DISEASES, And other Causes of Death.
Classes:—Small Pox
8611......442327...1.........215
Measles7...13123422161............214
Scarlatina852212321544342747258311......131863
Diphtheria .221318......121046921...1.........2119
Quiney11............1...1......1.....................1
Croup723...2...4316...7.....................7
Whooping Cough..46144211620262125...46...............3538
1. ZymoticTyphus & Infantile Fever315319221318••12427211......11218
Erysepelas8314......624...6...2.........26
Metria, Child-birth41......12...4............4...............13
Carbuncle............................................................
Influenza33...............3...............111......12
Diarrhœa and Dy- sentery.63161526243924479158212......31446
Cholera3......2......2......1...2..................11
Totals of Zymotic Class2878641116242014714089111422641066111667203
2. Tubercular17656532818218987432349143366...2930135
3. Of Brain and Nerves1863852562614998750201488232938851236133
4. Of Heart601852548342612212525171191931
5. Of Respiratory Organs2495527135131912912056463115414746...41053182
6. Of Digestive Organs90261036394941285440720212342558
7. Of Urinary Organs3111...8572291...1521113...141313
8. Of Organs of Gene ration1533621...15.........1572......2310
9. Of Joints, Bones, &c.95...2...45.........2331......243
10. Of Skin11...........1...1......1..................1...
11. Premature Birth, Low Vitality, Mal formation, &c.923414241195141863192............142265
12. Of Uncertain Seat401217...8310306...29310l6232827
13. Ages902816302143951...............14247443151
14. Violence296215511712343116561...3719
15. Not Specified3811...241217215...1741710......3728
Totals139339024650512412870868537521477738152217224622584326958