[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth District, The Board of Works (Clapham, Putney, Streatham, Tooting & Wandsworth)] page 19

Wandsworth 1863

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

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CLAPHAM.		Total Deaths from each Class of Disease, Ac., in the Sub-District.	Sex.		Age.								Social Position.
CLAPHAM.			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, 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.
Classes:-
1. Zymotic	Small Pox	11	6	5	3	4	..	10	..	1	..	..	..	..	1	10
	Measles	24	12	12	10	12	2	24	..	..	..	..	..	..	7	17
	Scarlatina	28	10	18	2	10	10	25	2	1	..	..	..	5	5	18
	Diphtheria	1	..	1	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..
	Quinsy	2	2	..	..	2	..	2	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	2
	Croup	1	..	1	..	1	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1
	Whooping Cough	9	6	3	4	4	..	8	..	1	..	..	..	1	1	7
	Typhus, &c.	6	2	4	1	2	1	5	..	..	..	1	..	..	2	4
	Erysipelas	1	1	..	1	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1
	Metria	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	1	..	..	..
	Childbirth	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	1	..	..	..
	Carbuncle	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	Influenza	1	1	..	1	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..
	Diarrhœa &	16	10	6	11	4	..	15	..	1	..	••	..	1	1	14
	Dysentery	16	10	6	11	4	..	15	..	1	..	••	..	1	1	14
	Cholera	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Totals of Zymotic Class		101	50	51	33	39	13	93	3	4	..	1	1	7	19	74
2. Tubercular		47	23	24	4	1	1	9	24	14	..	..	..	3	10	34
3. Of Brain, Nerves, &c.		36	21	12	11	7	3	24	I	8	3	..	..	4	10	22
4. Of the Heart, &c.		23	11	12	1	..	1	2	5	8	8	..	2	2	6	13
5. Of Respiratory Organs		39	19	20	8	10	..	19	1	12	8	..	1	1	It)	27
6. Of Digestive Organs		27	10	17	7	5	1	13	1	9	4	..	..	2	8	17
7. Of Urinary Organs		4	3	1	..	..	..	..	..	4	..	..	..	2	2	..
8. Of Organs of Generation		6	..	6	..	..	..	..	1	5	..	..	..	2	I	3
9. Of Joints, Bones, &c.		2	1	1	1	..	..	1	1	..	..	..	1	..	..	1
10. Of Skin		2	..	2	2	..	..	2	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	1
11. Premature Birth, Low Vitality, Malforma tion, &c.		14	5	9	13	1	..	14	..	..	..	..	1	2	3	8
12. Of Uncertain Seat		6	3	3	1	..	..	1	1	1	3	..	..	..	..	b
13. Age		29	12	17	..	..	..	..	..	..	13	16	1	7	10	11
14. Violence		7	4	3	2	1	..	3	1	2	..	1	..	1	3	3
15. Not Specified		12	9	3	3	1	1	5	3	2	2	..	..	2	3	7
Totals		855	174	181	86	65	20	85	42	69	41	18	7	35	86	227

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As to sex, the deaths of females are seen, as usual, to
predominate, though to no greater extent this year than 7,
the numbers being respectively, males 174, females 181.
With regard to age, an unusually heavy mortality
appears against infants and young children, 86 having
succumbed under one year; 65 between the ages of one
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