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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Wandsworth 1871

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

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Table: STATISTICS OF MORTALITY.

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.
Classes—
1. Zymotic
Small Pox26412613858973321238131......252210
Measles17116312117...............1412
Scarlatina5528272361655............1...1341
Diphtheria1...1.........1.....................1
Quinsy..................1........................
Croup7...725...7..................25
Whooping Cough19109414119..................217
Typhus, Infantile and otherFevrs3416182114148102...1...1419
Erysipelas Metria,12753......3153.........39
Childbirth2...2.........11..................2
Carbuncle11..................1...............1
Influenza.............................................
Diarrhoea & Dysentery17340335812...70......21322642
Cholera.............................................
Totals of Zymotic Class4852392461321875539948298155116359
2. Tubercular26314611710236816358413...5583170
3. Of Brain, Nerves, &c.1789583703351089183674352119
4. Of the Heart, &c.592534232131120132112037
5. Of RespiratoryOrgans2111081037154112917253555157148
6. Of Digestive Organs4216264611449141......2022
7. Of Urinary Organs105511...2512.........46
8. Of Organs of Generation13...13............85............310
9. Of Joints, Bones, &c.2...2............11............11
10. Of Skin.............................................
11. Premature Birth, Low Vitality, Malformation, &c.35201535......35..................826
12. Of Uncertain Seat391623112812118...121224
13. Age542826..................2628611433
14. Violence251964218764.........520
15. Not Specified562927931218189101221042
Totals1472746726411226878971941751594329214051017