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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 WEST.Total Deaths from each Class of Disease, &c., in the Sub-DistrictSexAgeSocial Position
MalesFemalesUnder 1 yearFrom 1 to 5 yearsFrom 5 to 10 yearsFrom 10 to 20 yearsAll under 20 yearsAt 20, and under 40 yearsAt 40, and under 60 yearsAt 60, and under 80 years80 years and upwardsNobility and GentryProfessional Class, Merchants, Bankers, &c.Middle and Trading Class, Shopmen, Clerks, &c.Industrial and Labouring Classes.
Population April, 1871— 26,572, Estimated mean population June, 1872— 28,693.
Classes:-
1, ZymoticSmall Pox413.........113..................4
Measles2414105172...24..................717
Scarlatina31212......13..................12
Diphtheria1587...123...15...............159
Quinsy.............................................
CroupV34151...7..................34
Whooping Cough3118131019231..................328
Typlius&In-fantileFever13103...1337213......1210
Erysipelas53221......3...11............5
Metria, Childbirth2...2.........111...............11
Carbuncle1...1..................1............1...
Influenza................................................
Diarrhoea & Dysentery321418223......25232......11021
Cholera................................................
Totals of Zymotic Class13772654160115117866......333101
2. Tubercular10653533212265225227......21886
3. Of Brain, Nerves, &c.7044322816...246210135...11263
4. Of the Heart, &c.24915...11...2388311121
5. Of Respiratory Or-10550403719......56915223......1596
G. Digestive Organs1899......2...2...79...12312
7. Urinary Organs422...............112...l......3
8. Of Organs of Gene ration2...2...............11...............2
9. Of Cancer, &c.15785.........5843.........312
10. Syphilis................................................
11. Premature Birth, Low Vitality, Malformation, &c.22121022.........22...............5215
12. Of Uncertain Seat612338132...318122182......1051
13. Age461729.....................30161...441
14. Violence281513841114374............28
15. Not Specified................................................
Total64432232218611417173346610211329414101525