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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 1878

[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.Total Deaths from each Class of Disease, sc., in the Sob-District.Sex.Age.Social Position.
Population, June, 1877— 38,308. Official mean population, 1878—40,049. Area in Acres 1235.Males.FemalesUnder 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.5412...2...41...............14
Measles64215......6.....................6
Scarlatina199101125...18...1............118
Diphtheria.413...4......4.....................4
Quinsy................................................
Croup1275372...12..................210
Whooping Cough63273627342,...63...............9358
Typhus, &c.1266......5273l1......1110
Erysipelas.................................................
Metria, Childbirth2...2...............2..................2
Carbuncle.................................................
Influenza................................................
Diarrhoea & Cholera7133383925......64223......2762
Totals of Zymotic Class194911037387162178844......515174
2. Tubercular116838378235711323273...1615144
3. Of Brain, Nerves, &c.11060504333328148152371585
4. Of the Heart, &c.62262621...36305710......3346
5. Of Respiratory Organs21710711086634415762824...1720189
6. Of Digestive Organs331320311384174.........528
7. Of Urinary Organs.936...............333.........18
8. Of Organs of Generation3...3...............3...............19
9. Of Joints, Bones, &c.................................................
10. Of Skin11...1.........1.....................1
11. Premature Birth, Low Vitality, Malformation, &c45162945.........45...............1341
12. Of Uncertain Seat.187116.........6264...2......16
13.Age936.....................54.........9
14. Violence251695224135431......9.23
15. Not Specified137631......4152.........112
Totals895433462364211332863664109771572981778