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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 WEST.Total Deaths from each Class of Disease &c„ in the Sub-DistrictSexAGESocial Position
Population June, 1876 - 37,298. Official mean population June, 1878— (52 weeks) 39,019, Area 1108 acres.MalesFemalesUnder 1 yearFrom 1 to 5 yearsFrom 5 to 10 yearsFrom 10 to 20 yearsAll under 20 yearsAt 20, and under 40 yearsAt 40r and under 60 yearsAt 60, and under 80 years80 years and upwardsNobility and GentryProfessional Class, Merchants, Bankers, &c.Middle and Trading Class, Shopmen, Clerks, &c.Industrial and Labouring Classes.
Classes:—
1.ZymoticSmall Pox9362...2263...............18
Measles3319149212133..................132
Scarlatina431...3...14..................13
Diphtheria431...1...23......i.........22
Quinsy00..........................................
Croup1037181...10...............118
Whooping Cough3615211916l...36...............1530
Typhus & other Fevers158723l17611.........114
Erysipelas4811......12...11............4
Metria, Childbirth1...1...............1..................1
Carbuncle.0.............................................
Influenza0.............................................
Diarrhœa & Choleraic Disease412120269......35......331...931
Totals of Zymotic Class1577879606178136102631221133
2. Tubercular14371724125477733312...3219119
3. Of Brain, Nerves, &c.1377562312622617194641...16120
4. Of the Heart, &c53233031...377181833...1040
5. Of Respiratory Organs2041069850634...11717204463122178
6. Digestive Organs279185...1...6687.........621
7. Urinary Organs1073...............352......2...8
8. Of Organs of Gene-303...............3..................3
9. Of Cancer, &c23815...............291112615
10. Syphilis1192101......11..................110
11. Premature Birth, Low Vitality, Malformation, &c31181331.........31...............1327
12. Of Uncertain Seat2710174......153991......522
13. Age582830.....................213721451
14. Violence221210941...14161............22
15. Joints and Bones211.........11......1.........11
Total90845545324418119224669212716855159114770
* This table includes all deaths in the Infirmary of the Union.