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Wandsworth 1863

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

Published
1864
Pages
50
Tables
13

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13 tables in this report

  • Page 9
    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 eight periods, and particularising the several diseases of the zymotic class.
    WANDSWORTH.Total Deaths from each Class of Disease, Ac., in the Sub-District.Sex.Age.Social Position.
    Population in 1861—13,316. Area in Acres—2,748.Males.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 year of age.At 40, and under 60 years of a«e.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 & Labouring Classes.
    DISEASES, And other Causes of Death. Diseases Classified.
  • Page 11
    The following Table exhibits the deaths which resulted from the principal epidemic diseases during the past and seven preceding years, and the relation which they bore to the deaths from all causes.
    YEARS.Small PoxMeasles.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Whooping Cough.Diarrhoea.Fever— Typhus and Typhoid.Total Deaths from Epidemics.Total Deaths from all cause.Per centage of deaths from Epidemics to deaths from all causes.
  • Page 12
    Table showing the total deaths which have taken place from Small-pox, in the sub-district of Wandsworth, during the eight years 1856-63; also the number of attacks from that disease, with the resulting deaths which have occurred amongst the parochial poor during the same period:—
    SUB-DISTRICT OF WANDSWORTH.
    Area in Acres, 2,478.Population in 1861, 13,346.
    YearsNumber of deaths from Small-Pox amongst all classes.Amongst the Parochial Poor.
    AttacksDeaths.
  • Page 17
    MARRIAGES, BIRTHS, AND DEATHS.
    Years.18561857185818591860186118621863
  • Page 19
    CLAPHAM.Total Deaths from each Class of Disease, Ac., in the Sub-District.Sex.Age.Social Position.
    Males.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 ageAt 60, and under 80 years of age.80 years and upwards.Nobility and Gentry.Professional Class, Merchants, Bankers, Ac.Middle A Trading Class, Shopmen, Clerks, &c.Industrial & Labouring Classes.
    Population in 1861—20,890. Area in Acres—1,233.
    DISEASES, And other Causes of Death.
  • Page 26
    The following table gives the number of deaths that have been registered during the year 1863 from all causes, and amongst all classes, specifying the sex, age, and social position of the deceased.
    BATTERSEA. Population in 1861—19,852. Area in Statute Acres—2,343.Total Deaths from each Class of Disease, &c., in the Sub-District.Sex.Age.Social Position.
    Males.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.80 years and upwards.Nobility and GentryProfessional Class, Merchants, Bankers, &c.Middle & Trading Class, Shopmen, Clerks, &c.Industrial & Labouring Classes.
    DISEASES, And other Causes of Death.
  • Page 36
    STATISTICS OF MORTALITY, &C.
    PUTNEY and ROEHAMPTON. Population in 1801—6,481. Area in Statute Acres—2,176.Total Deaths from each Class of Disease, Ac., in the Sub-DistrictSex.Age.Social Position.
    Males.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 year 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 A Trading Class, Shopmen, C'erks, &c.Industrial & Labouring Classes.
    DISEASES, And other Causes of Death.
  • Page 45
    TABLE I. Summary of Deaths and their Causes, registered in the Entire District during 1863, 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, 1,233Wandsworth-Population in 1861, 13,346, area in acres. 2,478.Baltersea — Population in 1861, 19,582, area in acres, 2,343.Putney—Population in 1861,6,481, area in acres, 2.176.Striatham, Tooting, and Balham, Population. 1361, 10,082. area acres. 3,465.Males.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.80 years and upwards.Nobility and Gentry.Professional Class, Merchants, Bankers, &c.Middle and Trading Class, Shopmen, Clerks. Ac.Industrial and Labouring Classes.
    DISEASES. And other Causes of Death.
  • Page 46
    TABLE II. Births during the year ended 31st December, 1863.
    SUB-DISTRICT.Males.Females.Total.
  • Page 46
    TABLE III. Meteorological Means for 1863, from Observations taken at Greenwich.
    Jan., Feb., and March.April, May, and June.July, Aug., and September.Oct., Nov., and December.The Year.
  • Page 47
    TABLE IV. Showing the total Deaths from the principal Epidemic Diseases registered in each Sub-District, and in the entire District, and the relation which they bore to the total Mortality in the several years 1855-63.
    Years.Deaths from Epidemics in each Sub-District.Entire District.
    Clapham.Battersea.Wandsworth.Putney.Streatham.Total Deaths from Epidemics.Total Deaths Registered.Per centage of Deaths from Epidemics to Total Deaths.
  • Page 48
    TABLE V. Cases of sickness amongst the Out-door Poor under the treatment of the Union Medical Officers, and the Deaths from each class of Disease, &c., during the Tear that ended 31st December, 1863. Compiled from the District Medical Relief Books. •
    SUB-DISTRICTS.Total Cases of Sickness treated in each Sub-District.1—Small Pox.2—Measles.3—Scarlatina and Malignant Sore Throat.4—Whooping-cough.5—Diarrhœa and Dysentery.6—Cholera.7—Fever.8—Erysipelas.9—Puerperal Fever.10—Lung Diseases, except Phthisis.11—Phthisis.12—Hydrocephalus, Atrophy, Scrofula, and Convulsions of Children.13—Other Diseases14—Violence, Privation, and Premature Birth.Total Deaths in each Sub-District.
    Cases.Deaths.Cases.Deaths.Cases.Deaths.Cases.Deaths.Cases.Deaths.Cases.Deaths.j Cases.Deaths.Cases.Deaths.Cases.Deaths.Ca-es.j Deaths.CasesDeaths..Cases. |Deaths.Cases.Deaths.Cases.Deaths.
  • Page 49
    TABLE VI. Summary of the Sanitary Operations in the entire District during the year 1863.
    Clapham.Battersea.Wandsworth.Putney and Roehampton.Streatham, including Tooting and Balliam.Totals.