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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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APPENDIX OF STATISTICAL TABLES.

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.
Classes
I. ZymoticSmall Pox3411811311519610625612....1330
Measles50242133826241928350..........1841
Scarlatina922823261054349639258642......111665.
Diphtherta17117628936616..1......1412
Quinsy32..1....21..3..3................
Croup514......32..4..5................
Whooping Cough299953313161117..28..1......4223
Typhus and Infantile Fever3761382818192115229231..2728
Erysipelas7132..11651..6..1......1..6
Metria, Childbirth121..722..12........84....1218
Carbuncle1......1..1................1....1..
lnfluenza11........1..1....1............1..
Diarrhœa, and Dyentery4016616262422366..43111....4438
Cholera2....1..1111....2............2..
Totals of Zymotic Class3361016997323715618090125452872813621275125
2. Tubercular21747458424171141033427579745410..11044162
3. Of Brain and Nerves22536707713291309555347164214150691643157
4. Of Heart962312436124551411101524407751866
5. Of Respiratory Organs18139307518198393484221008205125447125
6. Of Digestive Organs952722313941543011249815221162563
7. Of Urinary Organs18437..4126..1..1377..3258
8. Of Organs of Generation16633311152....2284....439
9. Of Joints, Bones, &c.621111241..12211..1..23
10. Of Skin32......1..32....2....1......21
11. Premature Birth, Low Vitality, Malformation, &c67141328482839621167........131152
12. Of Uncertain Seat5361414136223182..15312221341432
13. Age812912234132853............41401112742
14. Violence52762067421063l151215912842
15. Not Specified2512102117882212436....2914
Totals14713553522129165726745350249677451802162706033963091033