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

Wandsworth 1864

[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 will be found to contain 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 different periods, and particularizing the several diseases of the zymotic class.

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The following table will be found to contain 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 different periods, and particularizing the several diseases of the zymotic class.

WANDSWORTH. Population in 1861—13,346. Area in Acres—2,478. DISEASES, And other Causes of Death. Diseases Classified.		Total Deaths from each Class in 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 under10 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 & Trading Class, Shopmen, Clerks, &c.	Industrial & Labouring Classes.
			Classes:—
1. Zymotic	Small Pox	4	1	3	..	2	1	4	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	4
	Measles	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	Scarlatina	3	..	3	..	1	..	1	2	..	..	..	..	..	2	1
	Diphtheria	6	1	5	..	3	2	6	..	..	..	..	..	1	4	1
	Quinsy	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	Croup	1	1	..	..	1	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..
	Whooping Cough	9	3	6	6	3	..	9	..	..	..	..	..	1	1	7
	Fever	13	8	5	..	3	1	4	4	4	1	..	..	..	3	10
	Erysipelas	3	2	1	..	2	..	2	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	3
	Metria, Childbirth	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	Carbuncle	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	Influenza	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	Diarrhœa & Dysentery	8	4	4	6	1	..	7	..	..	1	..	..	..	3	5
	Cholera	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Totals of Zymotic Class		47	20	27	12	16	4	34	6	4	2	1	••	2	14	31
2. Tubercular		60	31	29	13	11	3	30	17	12	..	1	..	3	8	49
3. Of Brain, Nerves,&c.		65	37	28	6	3	••	10	18	23	12	2	••	2	8	55
4. Of the Heart, &c.		9	4	5	..	..	..	..	1	4	4	..	..	1	3	5
5. Of Respiratory Organs		52	25	27	14	8	1	25	4	11	12	..	..	1	6	45
6. Of Digestive Organs		16	4	12	1	3	2	7	3	2	3	1	1	2	3	10
7. Of the Kidneys		2	1	1	1	..	..	1	1	..	..	..	..	..	1	1
8. Of the Uterus		5	..	5	..	..	..	1	..	4	..	..	..	..	1	4
9. Of Joints, Bones, &c.		1	..	1	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	1
10. Of Skin		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
11. Premature Birth, Low Vitality, Malformation, &c.		15	8	7	14	••	••	14	..	1	..	..	..	1	3	11
12. Of Uncertain Seat		13	6	7	••	1	1	2	1	5	4	1	1	1	1	10
13. Age		16	8	8	..	..	..	..	..	..	7	9	2	1	2	11
14. Violence		10	8	2	2	..	1	5	2	1	1	1	1	..	1	8
15. Not Specified		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Total		311	152	159	63	42	12	129	54	67	45	16	5	14	51	241

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Table: The following table will be found to contain 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 different periods, and particularizing the several diseases of the zymotic class.