[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth District, The Board of Works (Clapham, Putney, Streatham, Tooting & Wandsworth)] page 75

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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APPENDIX OF STATISTICAL TABLES.

Table: TABLE I.Summary of Deaths and their Causes, registered in the entire District during 1879, classified according to Sex, Age, and Social Position, and showing also the relative Numbers in each Sub-Distriet.

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TABLE I.Summary of Deaths and their Causes, registered in the entire District during 1879, classified according to Sex, Age, and Social Position, and showing also the relative Numbers in each Sub-Distriet.

POPULATION of ENTIRE DISTRICT, As corrected by the Registrar General. Census 1871—125,060. Official Population for middle of year, 1879,— 171,900. Area in Statute Acres, 11,695.		Total Deaths from each Class of Disease,&c., in the entire District.	sub-districts.					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.
DISEASES, And other Causes of Death.			Clapham—Population in 1871, 27,347, area in acres, 1,233.		Battersea—Population in 1871, 54,016, area in acres, 2,348.	Putney—Population in 1871, 9,439, area in acres, 2,176.		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.
Classes:—
1 .Zymotic	Small Pox	4	..	1	3	..	..	3	1	1	1	..	2	2	..	..	..	..	..	..	4
	Measles	125	17	16	90	..	2	62	63	19	92	13	124	1	..	..	..	1	3	12	109
	Scarlatina	134	12	15	99	3	5	61	73	11	80	33	131	3	..	..	..	1	4	23	106
	Diphtheria	17	1	1	13	..	2	12	7	..	13	4	17	..	..	..	..	..	..	3	14
	Quinsy	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	Croup	40	11	8	17	1	3	24	16	9	25	6	40	..	..	..	..	..	1	12	27
	Whooping Cough	148	25	44	50	8	21	58	90	60	88	..	148	..	..	..	..	..	5	34	109
	Typhus &other Fevers	62	9	8	40	2	3	29	33	2	15	6	34	17	5	5	1	2	4	13	43
	Erysipelas	13	2	4	6	1	..	8	5	3	1	..	5	2	2	4	..	..	1	1	11
	Metria, Childbirth	28	8	..	14	4	2	..	28	..	..	..	1	26	1	..	..	..	5	4	19
	Carbuncle	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	Influenza	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	Diarrhœa &Choleraic Disease	94	17	7	60	7	3	56	38	55	21	..	77	..	8	7	2	3	1	17	73
Totals of Zymotic Class		665	102	104	392	26	41	311	354	180	335	62	577	52	16	17	3	7	24	119	515
2. Tubercular		513	64	62	332	23	32	274	239	151	61	10	276	128	90	19	..	7	22	77	407
2. Tubercular		513	64	62	332	23	32	274	239	151	61	10	276	128	90	19	..	7	22	77	407	3. Of Brain and Nerves	474	70	96	233	34	41	259	215	130	64	7	217	45	79	122	11	22	30	92	310
4. Of the Heart		203	42	20	94	13	34	110	93	8	4	4	23	27	60	88	5	17	21	42	123
5. Of Respiratory Or gans		891	129	125	531	42	64	428	463	239	208	10	471	48	120	220	32	16	38	139	698
6. Of Digestive Organs		117	12	21	59	9	16	57	60	29	8	2	44	8	26	34	5	10	12	24	71
7. Of Urinary Organs		74	19	10	31	4	10	41	33	2	2	1	10	15	21	22	6	10	14	15	25
8. Of Organs of Generation		25	2	10	11	1	1	3	22	..	..	..	..	9	11	5	..	2	1	5	17
9. Of Joints, Bones, &c.		8	3	..	5	..	..	4	4	..	..	..	2	2	3	1	..	..	..	3	5
10. Of Skin		3	..	..	..	2	1	2	1	2	1	..	3	..	..	..	..	..	..	2	1
11. Premature Birth, Low Vitality, Malformation, &c.		170	34	18	91	8	19	91	79	168	2	..	170	..	..	..	..	3	11	30	126
12. Of Uncertain Seat		91	..	12	68	5	6	31	60	16	5	..	23	12	24	29	3	3	7	13	68
13. Age		141	21	26	77	5	12	34	107	..	..	..	..	..	..	73	68	12	9	27	93
14. Violence		83	13	11	39	7	13	56	27	17	8	4	31	18	23	10	1	1	7	11	64
14. Violence		83	13	11	39	7	13	56	27	17	8	4	31	18	23	10	1	1	7	11	64	15. Not Specified	68	50	1	17	..	..	31	37	25	2	3	31	3	15	18	1	8	14	16	30
Totals		3526	561	516	1980	179	290	1742	1784	947	682	102	1878	368	487	658	135	118	210	615 2583		15. Not Specified	68	50	1	17	..	..	31	37	25	2	3	31	3	15	18	1	8	14	16	30

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Table: TABLE I.Summary of Deaths and their Causes, registered in the entire District during 1879, classified according to Sex, Age, and Social Position, and showing also the relative Numbers in each Sub-Distriet.