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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 1879

[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. (53 Weeks.)

STATISTICS OF MORTALITY. (53 Weeks.)

BATTERSEA EAST.Total Deaths from each Class of Disease, Ac., in the Sub-District.Sex.Age.Social Position.
Population, June 1878— 40,049Males.Females.Under 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 age.At 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.
Official mean population, June, 1879— 41,790
Area in Acres 1235.
Classes:—,
1. ZymoticSmall Pox11..................1..................1
Measles4726214403...47..................542
Scarlatina44251932982422...............341
Diphtheria633...42...6..................15
Croup954...72...9 39.....................9
Whooping Cough3914251623........................831
Typhus, &c.1349151...742.........1210
Erysipelas4312.........2...11.........13
Metria, Childbirth12...12...............111.........129
Carbuncle................................................
Influenza................................................
Diarrhoea & Cholera4326172613...140...12......1636
Totals of Zymotic Class218107111521211631921853......328187
2. Tubercular1679374642R61110927256...l311152
3. Of Brain, Nerves, &c.9756413622236361414......21679
4. Of the Heart, &c.38231522...489911112827
5. Of Respiratory Organs27114212993904218912323531924237
6. Of Digestive Organs321616122...216375111426
7. Of Urinary Organs1138.........11253...1...19
8. Of Organs of Generation2...2..................11............2
9. Of Joints, Bones,&c.321.........221...............12
10. Of Skin................................................
11. Premature Birth, Low Vitality, Malformation, &c.55272855.........55...............2944
12. Of Uncertain Seat.2161531...152842...2316
13. Age20614 8.....................137...1712
14. Violence261883...113562......3122
15. Not Specified179841......5210...............17
Totals9785084703292702930658871229714528113832