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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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APPENDIX OF STATISTICAL TABLES.

Table: TABLE I.Summary of Deaths and their Causes, registered in the entire District during 1872. classified according to Sex, Age, and Social Position, and showing also the relative Numbers in each Sub-District.

TABLE I.

Summary of Deaths and their Causes, registered in the entire District during 1872. classified according to Sex, Age, and Social Position, and showing also the relative Numbers in each Sub-District.

POPULATION ENTIRE DISTRICT, As corrected by the Registrar General. Census 1871—125,060. Assumed Population for middle of year, 1872,— 131,891. Area in Statute Acres, 11,695.Total Deaths from each Class of Disease, &c., in the entire District.Sub-Districts.Sex.Age.Social Position
Clapham—Population in 1871, 27,347, area in acres, 1,233.Wandsworth—Population in 1871, 19,783, area in acres, 2,478.Battersea—Population in 1871, 54,016, area in acres, 2,348.Putney—Population in 1871, 9,439, area in acres, 2,176.Streatham, Tooting, and Balham—Population 1871, 14,475, 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 and Trading Class, Shopmen, Clerks, &c.Industrial and Labouring Classes.
DISEASES, And other Causes of Death.
Classes:—Small Pox2614110...110168521781............521
Measles8630545...645412061586..................1967
Scarlatina2661127...1115220326............1i1311
Diphtheria2633181111151166242............31013
Quinsy2............22......2...2..................11
Croup187l8...299312318............11610
1. ZymoticWhooping Cough Typhus and Infantile10825135668476144622108...............51885
Fever5211430...732201131030886......21040
Erysipelas Metria,13425116751...6...34......1...12
Childbirth153110...1...15.........1122.........1212
Carbuncle1...1.........1............1............1...
Influenza......................................................
Diarrhœa & Dysentery1373820665862751012011222751...153092
Cholera or Choleraic Diarrhœa312......21...213.....................3
Totals of Zymotic Class513142512632037237276185214334433222151229115367
2. Tubercular4195470243242822219712144112031217718...42385307
3. Of Brain and Nerves3415792130263617916277631146307977983078225
4. Of Heart127201956141862653231321404855122783
5. Of Respiratory Organs400755320426422101901249742292463681681381298
6. Of Digestive Organs87161337715424511131793031...6102447
7. Of Urinary Organs .279565217101...14977...22149
8. Of Organs of Generation9222...3...9.........63......315
9. Of Joints, Bones, &c.73121...34...12311......133
10. Of Skin3...1......23...213..................12
11. Premature Birth, Low Vitality, Mal-formation, &c.14358204551571721349143............1153592
12. Of Uncertain Seat.118110945842762531312142...52...2294
13. Age10523 512563114065.........5154511 420 969 74
14. Violence871455675928131444991973...
15. Not Specified35182924161993143891...8324
Total242148236512021442281203121870545261129728239435494431615181699