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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)]

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APPENDIX OF STATISTICAL TABLES.
TABLE I.
Summary of Deaths and their Causes, registered in the entire District during 1871,
classified according to Sex, Age, and Social Position, and showing also the relative Numbers
in each Sub-District.
POPULATION
of
ENTIRE DISTRICT,
In 1871, 125,050.
In 1861, 70,403.
increase in 10 54,647.
years' interval
Estimated Population for
middle of year, 1871,—
126,416.
Area in Statute Acres,
11,695.
Total Deaths from each Class of Disease, &c.,
in the entire District.
Sib-Districts.
Sex.
Age.
Social Position
Clapham—Population in 1871, 27,348,
area in acres, 1,233.
Wandsworth—Population in 1871,19,797,
area in acres, 2,478.
Battersea—Population in 1871, 53,988,
area in acres, 2,348.
Putney—Population in 1871, 9,438, area
in acres, 2,176.
Streatham. Tooting, and llalham—Population
1871, 14,479, area in acres, 3,465.
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 aud Trading Class, Shopmen,
Clerks, &c.
Industrial and Labouring Classes.
DISEASES,
And other Causes of
Death.
Classes:—
1 Zymotic
Small Pox
377
94
14
264
1
4
184
193
76
123
47
275
65
31
6
...
3
10
74
290
Measles
52
2
31
17
1
1
21
31
12
44
4
51
...
1
...
...
...
1
11
40
Scarlatina
126
20
23
55
21
7
67
59
7
78
28
124
2
...
...
...
3
2
34
87
Diphtheria
6
3
...
1
1
1
4
2
...
2
2
5
1
...
...
...
1
...
2
3
Quinsy
1
1
...
...
...
...
1
...
1
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
Croup
13
2
3
7
...
1
3
10
3
10
...
13
...
...
...
...
...
...
3
10
Whooping
Cough
52
18
11
19
1
3
27
25
19
31
2
52
...
...
...
...
...
1
6
46
Typhus and
Infantile
Fever
54
10
3
34
1
6
23
31
3
15
6
24
...
12
5
1
7
...
19
28
Erysipelas
22
4
5
12
...
1
13
9
5
...
...
6
2
9
5
...
1
1
5
15
Metria,
Childbirth
13
7
2
2
...
2
...
13
...
...
...
2
11
...
...
...
...
1
6
6
Carbuncle
2
...
...
1
1
...
2
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
1
...
...
1
...
1
Influenza
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Diarrhoea &
Dysentery
140
31
21
73
6
9
68
72
100
23
...
124
...
3
8
5
6
5
48
82
Cholera or
Choleraic
.Diarrhœa
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Totals of Zymotic Class.
858
192
113
485
33
35
412
446
225
327
89
677
93
57
25
6
20
21
209
608
2. Tubercular
423
59
57
263
22
22
232
191
129
44
12
216
122
75
10
...
8
13
138
264
3. Of Brain and Nerves
371
56
88
178
19
30
187
184
90
54
10
156
37
64
98
16
16
12
100
243
4. Of Heart
152
43
26
59
9
15
75
77
3
4
4
19
24
47
58
4
8
13
46
85
5. Of Respiratory Organs
431
102
65
211
29
24
213
218
126
76
6
214
29
68
101
19
19
15
122
275
|6. Of Digestive Ogans
118
30
26
42
8
12
56
62
17
19
1
30
11
33
41
3
8
7
44
59
7. Of Urinary Organs.
20
2
4
10
1
3
11
9
2
1
1
4
5
6
5
...
...
...
11
9
8. Of Organs of Generation
16
...
1
13
1
1
...
16
...
...
...
...
9
7
...
...
1
1
4
10
9. Of Joints, Bones, &c.
5
3
...
2
...
...
...
5
...
1
...
1
1
2
1
...
...
2
1
2
10. Of Skin
2
2
...
...
...
...
2
...
1
...
...
1
1
...
...
...
...
...
1
1
11 Premature Birth,
Low Vitality, Malformation,
&c.
145
65
21
35
11
13
77
68
139
4
...
144
1
...
...
...
2
9
28
106
12. Of Uncertain Seat
69
1
19
39
5
5
25
44
...
1
4
12
13
25
17
2
5
4
21
39
13. Age
125
30
18
54
7
16
58
67
...
...
...
...
...
...
60
65
17
8
33
67
14. Violence.
56
4
12
25
4
11
41
15
5
3
3
19
15
12
9
1
...
1
16
39
15. Not Specified
76
15
3
56
2
...
38
38
14
4
12
24
19
15
16
2
3
3
17
53
Totals
2867
604
453
1472
151
187
1427
1440
753
538
142
1517
380
411
441
118
107
109
791
1860