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Wandsworth 1866

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

Published
1867
Pages
60
Tables
18

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18 tables in this report

  • Page 5
    The following Table will show the relative position held by the entire Wandsworth District among the South Districts, in respect to deaths from Cholera and Diarrhœa, as well as the rate of mortality per 10,000 from these diseases, compared with that of the several Districts referred to.
    SOUTH DISTRICTS.Estimated Population in 1866DEATHS IN 1866.RATE OF MORTALITY per 10,000 in 1866.
    CholeraDiarrhœaCholera and DiarrhœaCholeraDiarrhœaCholera and Diarrhœa
  • Page 12
    Causes of death.—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.Total Deaths from each Class of Disease, Ac., in the Sub-District.Sex.Age.Social Position.
    Population in 1861—13,346. Area in Acres, 2,478.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 & Trading Class, Shopmen, Clerks, &c.Industrial & Labouring Classes.
    Diseases and other Causes of Death.
    Diseases Classified.
  • Page 14
    Prevalence and fatality of Epidemic Diseases.-The deaths which have resulted form the principal Epidemic diseases during the past and ten preceding years, and the relation which they bore to the deaths from all causes, are shewn in the following table:—
    YEARS.Small PoxMeasles.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Whooping Cough.Cholera.Diarrhœa.Fever— Typhus and Typhoid.Total Deaths from Epidemics.Total Deaths from all causes.Per centage of deaths from Epidemics to deaths from all causes.
  • Page 20
    MARRIAGES, BIRTHS, AND DEATHS.
    Years18561857185818591860186118621863186418651866
  • Page 22
    In the table which follows will be found a succinct record of the classified causes of all deaths that occurred within the parish in 1866, with the age, sex, and social position of the deceased persons:—
    CLAPHAM. Population in 1861—20,894. Area in Acres—1,233.Total Deaths from each Class of Disease, &c., in the Sub-District.SexAgeSocial Position
    MalesFemalesUnder 1 year1 From 1 to 5 yearsFrom 5 to 10 years1 Under 20 years, including all under 10 yearsAt 20, and under 40 years of ageAt 40 and under 60 years of ageAt 60 and under 80 years of age80 years and upwardsNobility and GentryProfessional Class, Merchants, Bankers, &c.Middle & Trading Class, Shopmen, Clerks, &c.Industrial and Laboring Classes
    DISEASES And other Causes of Death
  • Page 24
    Zymotic Diseases, their prevalence and fatality.—The following table will show at a glance the epidemic maladies that have proved fatal in this parish during the year, as well as the relative numbers of deaths from each classified cause in eleven years, from 1856 to 1866.
    Years.18561857185818591860186118621863186418651866
  • Page 30
    STATISTICS OF MORTALITY.
    BATTERSEA. Population in 1961—19,852. Area in Statute Acres—2,343Total Deaths from each Class of Disease, &c., 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 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 GentryProfessional Class, Merchants, Bankers, &c.Middle and Trading Class, Shopmen, Clerks, &c.Industrial and Labouring Classes.
    DISEASES, And other Causes of Death.
  • Page 37
    STATISTICS OF MORTALITY.
    STREATHAM, including TOOTING & BALHAM. Population in 1861—10,082. Area in Statute Acres—3,465Total Deaths from each Class of Disease, &c., in the Sub-District.SexAgeSocial 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 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 & Training Class, Shopmen, Clerks, &c.Industrial and Laboring Classes.
    DISEASES, And other Causes of Death
  • Page 42
    STATISTICS OF MORTALITY, &C.
    PUTNEY and ROEHAMPTON. Population in 1861—6,481. Area in Statute Acres—2,176.Total Deaths from each Class of Disease, &c., in the Sub-DistrictSexAgeSocial Position
    MalesFemalesUnder 1 yearFrom 1 to 5 yearsFrom 5 to 10 yearsUnder 20 years, including all under 10 yearsAt 20, and under 40 years of ageAt 40, and under 60 years of ageAt 60, and under 80 years of age80 years and upwardsNobility and GentryProfessional Class, Merchants, Bankers, &c.Middle and Trading Class, Shopmen, Clerks, &c.Industrial and Labouring Classes
    DISEASES, And other causes of Death.
  • Page 45
    Zymotic Diseases.—The following table, a similar one to which has been employed in several annual reports, exhibits the proportion of deaths due to Zymotic diseases to deaths from all causes in the past and 10 previous years.
    YEARS.Number of Deaths from all Causes.No. of Deaths from Seven of the principal Epidemic Diseases.Percentage of Deaths from seven principal Epidemics to Deaths from all Causes.
  • Page 48
    SMALL POX.
    YearsNo. of Deaths amongst all classesAmongst the Union Poor
    No. of Cases TreatedNo. of Deaths
  • Page 48
    FEVER.
    YearsNo. of Deaths amongst all classesAmongst the Union Poor
    No. of Cases TreatedNo. of Deaths
  • Page 53
    TABLE I. Summary of Deaths and their Causes, registered in the Entire District during 1866, 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.DISEASES, And other Causes of Death.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. 1,233.Wandsworth—Population in 1861, 13,346, area in acres, 2,478.Battersea—Population in 1861, 19,582, area in acres, 2,343.Putney—Population in 1861, 6,481, area in acres, 2,176.Streatham, Tooting, and Balham—Popu-lation 1861, 10,082, area in acres, 3,465.Males.Females.After 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, &cMiddle and Trading Class, Shopmen, Clerks, &c.Industrial and Labouring Classes.
  • Page 54
    TABLE II. Births registered during the year ended 31st December, 186.
    SUB DISTRICT.Males.Females.Total.
  • Page 54
    TABLE III. Meteorological Means for 1866, from Observations taken at Greenwich.
    Jan. Feb., and March.April, May, and June.July, Aug., and September.Oct., Nov., and December.The Year.
  • Page 55
    TABLE IV. Showing the total Deaths from the principal Epidemic Diseases registered in each Sub-District, and in the entire District, and the relation which they bore to the total Mortality in the several years 1856-66.
    YearDeaths from Epidemics in each Sub-District.Entire District.
    Clapham.Battersea.Wandsworth.Putney.Streatham.Total Deaths from Epidemics.Total Deaths Registered.Percentage of Deaths from Epidemics to Total Deaths.
  • Page 56
    TABLE V. Cases of Sickness, Accidents, &c., amongst the Poor under the treatment of the Union Medical Officers, with the Deaths from each class of Disease, &c., during the year ended 31st December, 1866. Compiled from the District Medical Relief Books.
    SUB-DISTRICTS.Total Cases of Sickness treated in each Sub-district.1—Small Pox.2—Measles.3—Scarlatina and Malignant Sore Throat.4—Whooping Cough.5—Diarrhœa and Dysentery.6—Cholera.7—Fever.8—Erysipelas9—Puerperal Fever.10—Lung Diseases except Phthisis.11—Phthisis.12—Hydrocephnlus Atrophy, Scrofula, and Convulsions of Children.13—Other Diseases.14—Violence, Privation, and Premature Birth.Total Deaths in each Sub-District
    Cases.Deaths.Cases.Deaths.Cases.Deaths.Cases.DeathsCases.Deaths.Cases.Deaths.Cases.Deaths.Cases.Deaths.Cases.Deaths.Cases.Deaths.Cases.I Deaths.1 Cases.1 Deaths.I Cases.Deaths.| Cases.Deaths
  • Page 57
    TABLE VI. Summary of the Sanitary Operations in the entire District during the year 1865.
    Clapham.Battersea.Wandsworth.Putney and Roehampton.Streatham, including Tooting and Balham.Totals.