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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: The mortality table of the present report will, in many other respects, bear a very favourable comparison with that of 1867. It will be seen, for example, that not only has there been a rather large decrease in the number of deaths due to Zymotic diseases, but that the principal non-epidemic maladies (the tubercular excepted) resulted in fewer deaths than has been noted in the reports of several years past.

The mortality table of the present report will, in many other respects, bear a very favourable comparison with that of 1867. It will be seen, for example, that not only has there been a rather large decrease in the number of deaths due to Zymotic diseases, but that the principal non-epidemic maladies (the tubercular excepted) resulted in fewer deaths than has been noted in the reports of several years past.

PUTNEY and ROEHAMPTON. Population in 1861—6.481. Area in Statute Acres—2,176.Total Deaths from each Class of Disease, &e., in the Sub-DistrictSexAgeSocial Position
MalesFemalesUnder 1 yearj From 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, Hankers, &c.Middle and Trading Class, Shopmen, Clerks, &c.Industrial and Labouring Classes
DISEASES, And other causes of Death.
Classes:—
1 ZymoticSmall Pox.......................................
Measles11......1...1.....................1
Scarlatina2...2...1...2...............1...1
Diphtheria1...1.........1.....................1
Quinsy..............................................
Croup.............................................
Whooping Cough.............................................
Typhus & Infantile Fever2...2.........1......1............1
Erysipelas............................................
Metria, Childbirth3...3............3...............21
Carbuncle.............................................
Influenza.............................................
Diarrhœa & Dysentery5415......5...............122
Cholera.............................................
Totals of Zymotic Class145952...103...1......257
9. Tubercular241212511987.........3129
3. Of Brain, Nerves, &c.1610632...823211177
4. Of the Heart, &c.954.........1521...1152
5. Of Respiratory Organs2112933...6465...23412
6. Digestive Organs8532......2...1411...43
7. Urinary Organs22..................11.........2...
8. Of Organs of Generation2...2...............11.........11
9. Of Joints, Bones, &c.211..................11......2...
10. Of Skin.............................................
11. Premature Birth. Low Vitality, Malformation, &c.96381...9...............216
12. Of Uncertain Seat422...................13112...
13. Age1...1.....................1.........1
14 Violence651.........23...1............6
15. Not Specified.............................................
Totals118655326914725211876134554