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Wandsworth 1873
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth District, The Board of Works (Clapham, Putney, Streatham, Tooting & Wandsworth)]
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- 1874
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STATISTICS OF MORTALITY.
WANDSWORTH. Total Deaths from each Class of Disease. &c., in the Sub-District Sex Age Social Position Population in 1871—19,783. Estimated population in middle of 1873 - 21,248. Area in Acres, 2,478. 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. Diseases Classified. -
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Epidemic Diseases.—Their Prevalence and Fatality.— The following table shows the deaths which have resulted from the 7 principal Epidemic diseases during the past and ten preceding years, and the relation which they bore to the deaths from all causes.
YEARS Small Pox Measles Scarlet Fever Diphtheria Whooping Cough Cholera Diarrhœa Fever—Typhus and Typhoid Total Deaths From Epidemics Total Deaths from all causes Per centage of deaths from Epidemics to deaths from all causes -
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STATISTICS OF MORTALITY.
BATTERSEA. (Entire Sub-district.) Population in 1872—58,260. Estimated Population in middle of year 1873 - 61,758. Area in Acres—2,343 Total Deaths from each Class of Disease, &c., in the Sub-District. Sex. Age. Social Position. 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. (53 weeks.) -
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Of aged persons dying at 70 years of age and upwards, there were registered 129, as shown in the following table:—
Ages. 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 92 94 95 98 Total. -
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From this point of view the following table of Zymotic diseases, causing mortality in this parish during the past year, is of great interest and importance:—
Small Pox Measles Scarlatina Diphtheria Croup Whooping Cough Fevers Erysipelas Diseases of Childbirth Carbuncle Diarrhœa Cholera or Choleraic Diarrhœa Total -
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STATISTICS OF MORTALITY.
BATTERSEA EAST. Population June, 1872— 29,592. Estimated mean population, 1873—31,344. (52 Weeks.) Total Deaths from each Class of Disease, &c., in the Sub-District. Sex. Age. Social Position. Males. Females. Under 1 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 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 & Trading Class, Shopmen, Clerks, &c. Industrial and Laboring Classes. -
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The annexed table gives the comparative mortality for the years 1872 and 1873 in this division, together with the relative increase or decrease of each disease.
DISEASES. 1872 1873 Increase 1873 Decrease 1873 -
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STATISTICS OF MORTALITY.
BATTERSEA WEST. Population June, 1872— 28.693, Estimated mean population J une, 1873— (52 weeks) 30,814. Total Deaths from each Class of Disease, &, in the Sub-District Sex Age Social Position Males Females Under 1 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 At 40, and under 60 years At 60, and under 80 years 80 years and upwards Nobility and Gentry Professional Class, Merchants, Bankers, &c. Middle and Trading Class, Shopmen, Clerks, &c. Industrial and Labouring Classes. -
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MARRIAGES, BIRTHS, AND DEATHS.
Years 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867 1868 1869 1870 1871 1872 1873 -
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Table showing the number of deaths from the seven principal epidemics during 1873, and in the ten preceding years 1863—72.
Years. 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867 1868 1869 1870 1871 1872 1873 -
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STATISTICS OF MORTALITY.
CLAPHAM. Population in 1871—27,347. Estimated Population in middle of year 1873— 28,799. Area in Acres—1,233. DISEASES And other Causes of Death Total Deaths from each Class of Disease, &c., in the Sub-District. Sex Age Social Position Males. Females. Under 1 year. From 1 to 5 years. From 5 to 10 years. Under 20 years, in-cludingall under lOyears. 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 & Trading Class, Shopmen, Clerks, &c. Industrial and Laboring Classes. -
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STATISTICS OF MORTALITY.
STREATHAM, including TOOTING & BALHAM. Population in 1871—14,475. Estimated Population middle of 1873-15,456 Area in Statute Acres-3,465. DISEASES, And other Causes of Death Total Deaths from each Class of Disease, &c., in the Sub-District. Sex Age Social Position 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 & Trading Class, Shopmen, Clerks, &c. Industrial and Laboring Classes. -
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To secure uniformity it is deemed advisable to follow in each year the tabulation arrangements of the Registrar General, otherwise confusion might result in making the necessary comparisons.
PUTNEY and ROEHAMPTON. Population (Census) 1871— 9,439. Estimated population in middle of the year 1873— 10,101. Area in Statute Acres—2,176. DISEASES, And other causes of Death. Total Deaths from each Class of Disease, &c., in the Sub-District Sex Age Social Position 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 GO 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 -
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TABLE I. Summary of Deaths and their Causes, registered in the entire District during 1873, classified according to Sex, Age, and Social Position, and showing also the relative Numbers in each Sub-District.
POPULATION of ENTIRE DISTRICT, As corrected by the Registrar General. Census 1871—125,060. Estimated Population for middle of year, 1873,— 138,796. Area in Statute Acres, 11,695. DISEASES, And other Causes of Death. Total Deaths from each Class of Disease, &c., in the entire District. Sub-Districts. Sex. Ace. 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 uuder 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. -
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TABLE IT. Births registered during the year 1873.
SUB-DISTRICTS. Males. Females. Total. -
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TABLE III. Meteorological Elements for 1873, from Observations taken at Greenwich.
MEANS. Jan., Feb., and March. April, May, and June. July, Aug., and September. Oct., Nov., and December. The Year. -
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TABLE IV. Showing the total Deaths from the Principal Epidemic Diseases registered in each Sub-District, and in the entire District, and the relation which they bore to the total Mortality in the several years 1863-73.
Years. Deaths from the seven principal Epidemics in each Sub-Districts. Entire District. Clapham. Battersea. Wandsworth. Putney. Streatham. Total Deaths from the Seven Epidemics. Total Deaths Registered from all causes. Per centage of Deaths from the Seven Epidemics to Total Deaths. -
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TABLE V. Cases of Sickness amongst the Poor under the treatment of the Union Medical Officers, with the Deaths from each class of Disease, during the year ended 31st December, 1873. Compiled from the District Medical Belief Books.
SUB-DISTRICTS. Total Cases of Sickness treated in each Sub-district. 1—Small Pox. 2—Measles. 3—Scarlatina and Malignant Sore Throat. 4—Whooping Cough. 5— Diarrhoea and Dysentery. 6—Cholera. 7—Fever. 8—Erysipelas. 9—Puerperal Fever. 10—Lung Diseases except Phthisis. 11—Phthisis. 12—Hydrocephalus, Atrophy, Scrofula, and Convulsions of Children. 13—Other Diseases. 14—Violence, Privation, and Premature Birth. Total Deaths in each Sub-District. Cases. Deaths. Cases. Deaths. Cases. Deaths. Cases. Deaths Cases. Deaths. Cases. Deaths. Cases. Deaths. Cases. Deaths. Cases. Deaths. Cases. Deaths. Cases. Deaths. Cases. Deaths. Cases. Deaths. Cases. Deaths -
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TABLE VI. Summary of the Sanitary Operations in the entire District during the year 1873.
Clapham. Battersea. Wandsworth. Putney and Roehampton. Streatham, including Tooting and Balham. Totals.