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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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APPENDIX OF STATISTICAL TABLES.

Table: table I.Summary of Deaths and their Causes, registered in the entire District during 1878, 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 1878, 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.Total Deaths from each Class of Disease, &c., in the entire District.Sub-Distr icts.Sex.Age.Social Position.
Clapham—Population in 1871, 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.
Census 1871—125,060.
Official Population for middle of year, 1878,— 164,812.
Area in Statute Acres, 11,695.
DISEASES, And other Causes of Death.
Classes:—
1. ZymoticSmall Pox193...14118115...5135...1......1513
Measles842343971148363033383...1.........4674
Scarlatina3912223...221182191238...1.........1830
Diphtheria1934813118110518......1.........613
Quinsy1.........1......]...1...1.....................1
Croup3948225...2217726639...............2532
Whooping Cough14929699411668367744149...............517127
Typhus & other Fevers395327312217488211323......1434
Erysipelas5...14......412......3...11............5
Metria, Childbirth7313.........7............61............16
Carbuncle.....................• ••....................................
Influenza............................................................
Diarrhoea & Choleraic Disease18228191121013938910750...158361231930142
Totals of Zymotic Class.58311048351324229528822423747523271218312382477
2. Tubercular5017060309323025025114365192601319811152486380
3. Of Brain and Nerves5036011124728572692341289410242468811314934100360
4. Of Heart2124519105123198114301448276169771352140
5. Of Respiratory Organs694106864213744355339224176124194475134221124101558
6. Of Digestive Organs1502029601229668417432822623622134590
7. Of Urinary Organs.4210419272616...1...1813182171123
8. Of Organs of Generation1944632...19............748......1414
9. Of Joints, Bones, &c.151012...26923...9213......168
10. Of Skin1......1......1...1......1.....................1
11. Premature Birth, Low Vitality, Midformation, &c.17760187661792851705...177...............680141
12. Of Uncertain Seat106314797342642431281030362812176
13. Age1413614677175183..................54879112992
14. Violence757134753492617653712215.........1263
15. Not Specified56391133...263042...7218272...81434
Totals32755804221803186284163016459836001001780338483532142531665932463