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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 1873

[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 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 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.862411171..................8
Measles231013320......23..................518
Scarlatina33......2...13.....................3
Diphtheria.111...1...1
Quinsy................................................
Croup413...31...4.....................4
Whooping Cough1511469......15.....................15
Typhus, &c.18108...1326822......1314
Erysipelas.3211.........111...............3
Metria, Childbirth14...14.........11121............311
Carbuncle.................................................
Influenza................................................
Diarrhœ a & Cholera311813246......30.........1......922
Totals of Zymotic Class12061593843559122421...12099
2. Tubercular12671554528568425152...•••13689
3. Of Brain, Nerves, &c.71383333105149371025...1452
4. Of the Heart, &c.238156......39536...2...318
5. Of Respiratory Organs134775753413...975101933122108
6. Of Digestive Organs251213641...11464...2...320
7. Of Urinary Organs.541...1......1...22...1......4
8. Of Organs of Gene ration2...2...............11...............2
9. Of Joints, Bones, &c.321......1...1...11......1...2
10. Of Skin.......................................,.........
11. Premature Birth, Low Vitality, Malformation, &c29121729.........29..................623
12. Of Uncertain Seat11471.........12341......29
13. Age1349.....................112......49
14. Violence1511442...17431.........114
15. Not Specified11..................1..................1
Totals57830527321512920163807255629134111450