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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 1874

[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, 1873— 31,344. Estimated mean population, 1874—33,085. Area in Acres 1235.Total Deaths from each Class of Disease, A & c., in the Sub-District.SexAgeSocial Position
MalesFemalesUnder 1 yearFrom 1 to 5 yearsFrom 5 to 10 yearsFrom 10 to 20 yearsAll Under 20 years,At 20, and under 40 years of ageAt 40, and under 60 years of ageAt 60, and under 80 years of age80 years and upwardsNobility and GentryProfessional Class, Merchants, Bankers, &c.Middle and Trading Class, Shopmen, Clerks, &c.I Industrial and Labouring Classes
Classes:—
1 ZymoticSmall Pox.31211......21...............12
Measles1266381...12.....................12
Scarlatina50302042816250..................1337
Diphtheria.312...1...12...1.........111
Quinsy................................................
Croup963252...9..................18
Whooping Cough237161310......23..................716
1. Zymotic Typhus, &c.17895l2853............215
Erysipelas.3212.........2......l......112
Metria, Childbirth14...14...............131.........l49
Carbuncle.11.......................1...1.........
Influenza Diarrhoea &................................................
Cholera3728142571...3312l...i2430
Totals of Zymotic Class172858649652151402074...2434131
2. Tubercular17210171822441112129202...4832123
3. Of Brain, Nerves, &c.100584240291...7056163322273
4. Of the Heart, &c.2515102...2596541......1114
5. Of Respiratory Organs156758151435210111241644231119
6. Of Digestive Organs1311231......4153.........58
7. Of Urinary Organs.44..................22.........1...3
8. Of Organs of Generation................................................
9. Of Joints, Bones, &c.................................................
10. Of Skin2112.........2.....................2
11. Premature Birth,Low Vitality, Malformation, &c2316723.........23............111011
12. Of Uncertain Seat91821......3...312......45
13. Age1019.....................461...45
14. Violence10822121631............19
15. Not Specified54112......3...2...............5
Totals7013803212581663521483777550161518154514