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Wandsworth 1868

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

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Table: Causes of Death.—The following table contains a summary of all the causes of death arranged in accordance with the classification of the Registrar-General, showing the sex, social position, and age at death at different periods, and particularizing the several diseases of the Zymotic class.

Causes of Death.—The following table contains a summary of all the causes of death arranged in accordance with the classification of the Registrar-General, showing 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 of Disease,&c., in the Sub-Disirict.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 Gentry.Professional Class, Merchants, Bankers, &c.Middle &Trading Class, Shopmen, Clerks,&c.Industrial & Labouring Classes.
Classes:—
1 ZymoticSmall Pox.............................................
Measles835...618..................17
Scarlatina514...315.....................5
Diphtheria21111...2.....................2
Quinsy.............................................
Croup321...3...3.....................3
Whooping Cough20713155...20..................119
Fever743.........33...1...1114
Erysipelas.............................................
Metria, Childbirth1...1............1..................1
Carbuncle.............................................
Influenza.............................................
Diarrhœa & Dysentery22814202...22..................220
Cholera.............................................
Totals of Zymotic Class68264236202634...1...11561
2 Tubercular6233291681302084...131345
3 Of Brain, Nerves, &c.93534026102421519161...4881
4 Of the Heart, &c209111......4627112413
5 Of Respiratory Organs4322911251191814112535
6 Of Digestive Organs249154...152125...21417
7 Of the Kidneys936............351...1...35
8 Of the Uterus1...1...............1.........1......
9 Of Joints, Bones, &c.1...1...............1...............1
10 Of Skin.............................................
11 Premature Birth, Low Vitality, Mal formation, &c.2316723......23...............2219
12 Of Uncertain Seat19613............4...83......613
13 Age18711..................991...215
14 Violence1310312152321...1210
15 Not Specified.............................................
Total3941942001194581915763671681754315

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Excluding diseases of the Brain and Nervous System
from the estimate of the causation of mortality of this Subdistrict,
in consequence of the undue augmentation of that