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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 WEST. Population, June, 1878— 39,019Total Deaths from each Class of Disease, Ac., in the Sub-DistrictSex.Age.Social Position
MalesFemalesUnder 1 yearFrom 1 to 5 yearsFrom 5 to 10 yearsFrom 10 to 20 yearsAll under 20 yearsAt 20, and under 40 yearsAt 40, and under 60 yearsAt 60, and under 80 years80 years and upwardsNobility and GentryProfessional Class, Merchants, Bankers, &c.Middle and Trading Class, Shopmen, Clerks, Ac.Industrial and Labouring Classes.
Official mean population, June, 1879— 40,740
Area 1108 acres.
Classes:—
1. ZymoticSmall Pox21111......2.....................2
Measles4317266316...43..................439
Scarlatina55203563414335..................1243
Diphtheria75261...7..................16
Quinsy................................................
Croup8532.........8..................35
Whooping Cough113856......11..................29
Typhus & other Fevers271413...742137241......621
Erysipelas211...1......1......1............2
Metria, Childbirth2...2............02..................2
Carbuncle.....................0.....................0
Influenza.....................0.....................0
Diarrhœa & Choleraic Disease17107123......15......2...1...214
Totals of Zymotic Class1747698329325515592711...30143
2. Tubercular165848154182169035346...1...15149
3. Of Brain, Nerves, &c.1368749391727658203853...17116
4. Of the Heart, &c.5633235...31981623...31844
Of Respiratory Organs260121139645315123274257113239216
6. Digestive Organs27918621110151011...620
7. Urinary Organs2081212137355...2...216
8. Of Organs of Generation927............0252......117
9. Of Cancer, &c14591.........1364...1...211
10. Syphilis1661094......133..................16
11. Premature Birth, Low Vitality, Malformation, &c.36181836.........36..................531
12. Of Uncertain Seat172152.........2...510.........413
13. Age572037............0......34234251
14. Violence1311241......5233.........211
15. Joints and Bones211............0...11.........11
Total1002483519253190353851610114420041194134845

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* This table includes all deaths in the Infirmary at the Union.