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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 1881

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

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Table: TABLEII.Summary of Deaths and their Causes registered in the entire District during 1881, classified according to Sex, Age, and Social Position, and showing also the relative Numbers in each Sub-District.

TABLEII.

Summary of Deaths and their Causes registered in the entire District during 1881, classified according to Sex, Age, and Social Position, and showing also the relative Numbers in each Sub-District.

POPULATION OF ENTIRE DISTRICT,Total Deaths Irom each class of Disease, &c., in the entire District.Sub-Districts.Sex.Age.Social Position.
Battersea—Population 108,548, area in acres, 2,343.Clapham — Population 36,600, area in acres, 1,233.Putney—Population 13,312, area iu acres, 2,176.Streatham, Tooting and Balham—Popular tion 25,830. area in acres, 3.465.Wandsworth— Population 28,202, area in acres, 2,478.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.I Professional Class, Merchants, Bankers, &c.Middle and Trading Class, Shopmen, Clerks, &c.Industrial and Labouring Classes.
As corrected by the Registrar General.
Census 1881. 210,434.
Official Population for middle of' year, 1881. 212,492.
Area in Statute Acres, 11,740.
Density 18 persons to an Acre.
DISEASES, And other Causes of Death.
Classes:—Small Pox37217......9162158118136......11728
Measles134110106357163289016134...............38123
Scarlatina1004515813194654756239622......151777
Diphtheria18123111126195171.........12510
Whooping Cough10568133912436249514105...............21885
Typhus & other Fevers372731242215...21021115.........1432
1. ZymoticDiarrhœa &Choleraic Disease1499820391988611092321351652...728114
Erysipelas1513• • •......2965...16234.........114
Metria, Childbirth29144353...29.........1271.,.......2819
Carbuncle............................................................
Influenza.............................................................
Croup1873242108412218..................414
Quinsy..............................................................
Totals of Zymotic Class6424157827467631732520825164551572392323100516
2. Tubercular55738368173851274283161711728915193231828106415
3. Of Brain and Nerves54027582214112127826216785172823294111212125118376
4. Of the Heart24514730142628115130477323671997111449171
5. Of Respiratory Organs69545479244890355340182178123825292140291728118532
6. Of Digestive Organs208983217332883125361186019546411102050128
7. Of Urinary Organs703816210438323128132b221861541
8. Of Organs of Generation3521428...134...1...151711132921
9. Of J oints, Bones, &c.25156...22111422...9367.........520
10. Of Skin31...11...211......1...11.........1...
11. Premature Birth, Low Vitality,Malformation, &c.232104441829371191132292...232............3944176
12. Of Uncertain Seat1188510221957612441311230405442486
13. Age1204522620274179..................507011202366
14. Violence11364713920833017104432633101...32288
15. Not Specified4416213...4281694...1748123...4931
Totals364721614991673135071802184510436271321938410548599152991866932669