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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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APPENDIX OF STATISTICAL TABLES.

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.
Classes:—
1 .ZymoticSmall Pox4..13....3111..22............4
Measles125171690..262631992131241......1312109
Scarlatina1341215993561731180331313......1423106
Diphtheria171113..2127..13417............314
Quinsy........................................
Croup4011817132416925640..........11227
Whooping Cough14825445082158906088..148..........534109
Typhus &other Fevers62984023293321563417551241343
Erysipelas132461..8531..5224....1111
Metria, Childbirth288..1442..28......1261......5419
Carbuncle........................................
Influenza........................................
Diarrhœa &Choleraic Disease94177607356385521..77..872311773
Totals of Zymotic Class6651021043922641311354180335625775216173724119515
2. Tubercular5136462332233227423915161102761289019..72277407
3. Of Brain and Nerves47470962333441259215130647217457912211223092310
4. Of the Heart203422094133411093844232760885172142123
5. Of Respiratory Or gans89112912553142644284632392081047148120220321638139698
6. Of Digestive Organs117122159916576029824482634510122471
7. Of Urinary Organs74191031410413322110152122610141525
8. Of Organs of Generation252101111322........9115..21517
9. Of Joints, Bones, &c.83..5....44......2231......35
10. Of Skin3......212121..3............21
11. Premature Birth, Low Vitality, Malformation, &c.17034189181991791682..170........31130126
12. Of Uncertain Seat91..1268563160165..231224293371368
13. Age14121267751234107............73681292793
14. Violence8313113971356271784311823101171164
15. Not Specified6850117....31372523313151818141630
Totals35265615161980179290174217849476821021878368487658135118210615 2583