[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth District, The Board of Works (Clapham, Putney, Streatham, Tooting & Wandsworth)] page 9

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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causes of death.

Table: 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.

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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.			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.
Classes:—
1. Zymotic	Small Pox	8	2	6	1	1	4	6	1	..	1	..	..	..	..	8
	Measles	2	1	1	..	2	..	2	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	1
	Scarlatina	23	15	8	4	12	6	22	1	..	..	..	..	..	2	21
	Diphtheria	1	1	..	..	..	1	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1
	Quinsy	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	Croup	4	3	1	..	3	..	4	..	..	..	..	..	..	2	2
	Whooping Cough	9	2	7	6	4	..	9	..	..	..	..	..	2	..	7
	Fever	13	5	8	1	6	2	10	2	..	1	..	..	..	3	10
	Erysipelas	3	..	3	1	1	..	2	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	3
	Metria, Childbirth	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	Carbuncle	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	Influenza	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	Diarrhœa Dysentery	6	3	3	5	..	..	5	1	..	..	..	..	..		6
Cholera		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Totals of Zymotic Class		69	32	37	17	28	13	61	5	1	2	..	..	3	7	69
2. Tubercular		45	27	18	7	6	2	17	14	11	3	..	..	..	7	38
3. Of the Brain, Nerves, &c.		70	46	24	11	4	1	18	10	23	17	2	3	4	8	55
4. Of the Heart, &c.		12	3	9	..	..	..	..	..	1	10	1	1	1	2	8
5. Of Respiratory Organs		30	12	18	3	6	1	11	1	7	10	1	..	..	6	24
6. Of Digestive Organ		22	6	16	8	5	1	14	2	2	4	..	..	..	2	20
7. Of the Kidneys, &c.		3	3	..	..	1	..	1	..	1	1	..	1	..	2	..
8. Of the Uterus, &c.		3	..	3	..	..	..	..	..	2	1	..	..	..	..	3
9. Of Joints, Bones, &c.		1	1	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	1
10. Of Skin		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
11. Premature Birth, Low Vitality, Malforma tion, &c.		13	7	6	13	..	..	13	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	12
12. Of Uncertain Seat		14	4	10	1	..	..	2	..	4	8	..	2	2	1	9
13. Age		12	3	9	..	..	..	..	..	..	3	7	..	..	4	8
14. Violence		3	5	1	..	1	..	2	1	3	..	..	..	..	..	6
15. Not Specified		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Totals		300	119	151	60	51	18	139	31	55	61	11	7	10	40	243

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Table: 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.