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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)]

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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.
Classes:—
1. ZymoticsSmall Pox33..1..121............3
Measles312l2..3..............3
Scarlatina1064..7310............46
Diphtheria633..426..........114
Quinsy..............................
Croup..............................
Whooping Cough32112..3..........111
Typhus and Infantile Fever2..2........2..........11
Erysipelas..............................
Metria, Childbirth2..2........2............2
Carbuncle11................1....1..
Influenza..............................
Diarrhœa & Dysentery22....1..2............11
Cholera..............................
Totals of Zymotic Class3218143166265....1..2921
2. Tubercular2451941191041..12516
3. Of Brain, Nerves, &c.13310..4..4..36..2146
4. Of the Heart, &c624......23..1..1....5
5. Of Respiratory Organs..1861236..9..18..22410
6. Of Digestive Organs3..3........1..2..1....2
7. Of Urinary Organs..............................
8. Of Organs of Generation3..3........1..2....21..
9. Of Joints, Bones, &c.1..1..........1..........1
10. Of Skin..............................
11. Premature Birth, Low Vitality, Malformation, &c4314....4............22
12. Of Uncertain Seat1376......2254..1264
13. Age413............31....13
11. Violence6512....2211......24
15. Not Specified2..2..........11......2..
Totals1295079162775824162928113674

The total deaths registered in the year appears by the
above table to have been 129, of which number 50 were
of males and 79 of females.
The average of the preceding seven years, the usual correction
being made for increase of population, is 115, con-