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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 1872

[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 EAST. Population April, 1871— 27,416. Estimated increase— 2,176. Estimated mean population, 1872—29,592.Total Deaths from each Class of Disease, Ac., in the Sub-District.Sex.Age.Social Position.
Males.Females.Under I year.From 1 to 5 years.From 5 to 10 years.From 10 to 20 years.All under 20 years.At 20 and under 40 years of age.At 40 and under CO years of ageAt 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.
Classes:—
1. ZymoticSmall Pox.62441......51..................6
Measles201193161...20.....................20
Scarlatina94518......9............1...26
Diphtheria.1...1.........11.....................1
Quinsy................................................
Croup633141...6............1......5
Whooping Cough2911181118......29...............1...28
Typhus, &c.13103...5...27141.........211
Erysipelas.................................................
Metria, Childbirth8...8...............62.........1...7
Carbuncle.................................................
Influenza.............................................
Diarrhœa & Dysentery3213192551...31......1......4325
Cholera211...2......2.....................2
Totals of Zymotic Class1265571455933110862...267111
2. Tubercular13768696022168933123...11216108
3. Of Brain, Nerves, &c.54282614141...295119......6642
4. Of the Heart, &c.3215172......2461462...1229
5. Of Respiratory Organs99415839353...7711110...16587
6. Of Digestive Organs191273......14492...22114
7. Of Urinary Organs.211.........22..................11
8. Of Organs of Gene- ration................................................
9. Of Joints, Bones, &c.211...............2............1...1
10. Of Skin................................................
11. Premature Birth, Low Vitality, Malformation. &c1971219.........19...............2116
12. Of Uncertain Seat185136...1...71712......117
13. Age1037.....................731324
14. Violence1385331291111...1111
15. Not Specified92732......5211......1...8
Totals5402462941941351016355637242874143449

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