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Wandsworth 1871

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

Published
1872
Pages
66
Tables
14

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14 tables in this report

  • Page 6
    The following table exhibits the estimated population, the number of deaths, and the ratio of deaths to population for 1871, in the five Sub-districts respectively, placed in the order of their greatest mortality :-
    SUB-DISTRICTS.Estimated Population in the middle of the Year 1871.Deaths.Ratio of Deaths to Population.
  • Page 22
    STATISTICS OF MORTALITY.
    WANDSWORTH.Total Deaths from each Class of Disease, &c., in the Sub-DistrictSexAgeSocial Position
    Population in 1871-19,797. Population in 1861-13,346. Increase in 10 years-6,451. Area in Acres, 2,478.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. Diseases Classified.
  • Page 24
    Epidemic Diseases—Their prevalence and fatality,— The following Table shows the deaths which have resulted from the 7 principal epidemic diseases during the past and ten preceding years, and the relation which they bore to the deaths from all causes.
    YEARS.Small Pox.Measles.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Whooping Cough.Cholera.Diarrhœa.Fever— Typhus and Typhoid.Total Deaths from Epidemics.Total Deaths from all causes.Percentage of deaths from Epidemics to deaths from all causes.
  • Page 31
    STATISTICS OF MORTALITY.
    BATTERSEA.Total Deaths from each Class of Disease. &c., in the Sub-District.SexAge.Social Position.
    Population in 1871—53,988. Population in 1861—19,600.
    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 and Trading Class, Shopmen, Clerks, &c.Industrial and Labouring Classes.
    Increase in 10 years—34,388.
    Area In Acres.-2,343
    DISEASES,
    And other Causes of Death.
  • Page 39
    MARRIAGES, BIRTHS, AND DEATHS.
    Years180118621863186418651866J8671868186918701871
  • Page 41
    STATISTICS OF MORTALITY.
    CLAPHAM.Total Deaths from each Class of Disease, &c., in the Sub-District.SexAgeSocial Position
    Population in 1871—27,348. Population in 1861—20,894.Males.Females.Under 1 year.From 1 to 5 years.From 5 to 10 years.Under 20 years, includingall 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, Hankers, &c.Middle Trading Class, Shopmen, Clerks, &c.Industrial and Laboring Classes.
    Increase in 10 years—6,458.
    Area in Acres—1,233.
    DISEASES
    And other Causes of Death
  • Page 42
    Comment upon the following table—which is inserted to show the comparative mortality from the seven principal Zymotic diseases in the past and 10 preceding years—will be quite unnecessary, but from it may be gathered the fact that if we exclude the excess of deaths from Small Pox and Whooping Cough, the normal mortality, compared with that of the 10 preceding years, allowance being made for increase of population, will not have been very greatly disturbed.
    Years.18611862186318641865186618671868186918701871
  • Page 47
    STATISTICS OF MORTALITY.
    STREATHAM, including TOOTING & BALHAM. Population in 1871—14,479. Population in 1861—10,082. Increase in 10 4,397. years Area in Statute Acres—3,465.' Total 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 & Trading Class, Shopmen, Clerks, &c.Industrial and Laboring Classes.
    DISEASES, And other Causes of Death
  • Page 55
    STATISTICS OF MORTALITY.
    PUTNEY AND ROEHAMPTON. Population in 1871—9,438. Population in 1861—6,481. Increase in 10 years—2,957. Area in Acres—2,176.Total 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 nnder 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.
  • Page 62
    TABLE II. Births registered during the year 1871.
    SUB-DISTRICTS.Males.Females.Total.
  • Page 62
    TABLE III. Meteobological Elements for 1871, from Observations taken at Greenwich.
    MEANS.Jan., Feb., and March.April, May, and June.July, Aug., and September.Oct., Nov., and December.The Year.
  • Page 63
    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 1861-71.
    Years.Deaths from the seven principal Epidemics in each Sub-District.Entire District.
    Clapham.Battersea.Wandsworth.Putney.Streatham.Total Deaths from the Seven Epidemics.Total Deaths Registered from all causesPer centage of Deaths from the Seven Epidemics to Total Deaths.
  • Page 64
    TABLE V. Cases of Sickness amongst the out-door Poor under the treatment of the Union Medical Officers, with the Deaths from each class of Disease, during the year ended 31st December, 1871. 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—Diarrhoea and Dysentery.6—Cholera.7—Fever.8—Erysipelas.9 —Puerperal Fever.10—Lung Diseases except Phthisis.11—Phthisis.12 —H ydrocephalus, 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.Deaths.Cases.Deaths.Cases.Deaths.Cases.Deaths
  • Page 65
    TABLE VI. Summany of the Sanitary Operations in the entire District during the year 1871.
    Clapham.Battersea.Wandsworth.Putney and Roehampton.Streatham, including Tooting and Balham.Totals.