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Wandsworth 1875

[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 1875, 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 1875, 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, 1875,— 148,297. Area in Statute Acres, 11,695.Total Deaths from each Class of Disease, &c., in the entire District.Sub·Districts.Sex.Age.Social Positios
Chapnam—Population in 1671, 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:—
1. ZymoticSmall Pox321.........21.........111.........12
Measles273220...21891016127...............2223
Scarlatina134225103...459756763912842.........523106
Diphtheria286213...3101811682611.........4816
Quinsy ..................................................................
Croup ......263418...11610816226..................224
Whooping Cough10717146295584954512107...............51785
Typhus & other392530...224153511211062.........633
Fevers Erysipelas242316...3121211......11...571...1518
Metria, Childbirth152310.........15.........1131............510
Carbuncle..............................................................
Influenza...............................................................
Diarrhoea & Choleraic \ Disease13422177979676790263120158...2422106
Totals of Zymotic Class5378156351202926627118312666468302117122191423
2. Tubercular56584763452634289276151941829718571111152287441
3. Of Brain and Nerves45563982302341248207143751624533759111162293324
4. Of Heart17637297713208096425193349696121447103
5. Of Respiratory Organs630110573933634334296167140173364691143141234135449
6. Of Digestive Organs13642194772172642614142164533...1183582
7. Of Urinary Organs5513101886282714715112028101621
8. Of Organs of Generation132191...112......1642.........49
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9. Of Joints, Bones, &c.1112611291......1413211...9
10. Of Skin48.........131.........2...11.........22
11. Premature Birth, Low Vitality, Malformation,17748306916149681177......177............1734135
12. Of Uncertain Seat .10571970184857197"l23"V32421552372
13. Age13029125811204486...............1567313133272
14. Violence6811938464424105433161171...11057
15. Not Specified3417213...216184398971"i2426
Totals30965484201724167237157115258864671321660399422502113971606132296