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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: STATISTICS OF MORTALITY.

STATISTICS OF MORTALITY.

BATTERSEA EAST.Total Deaths from each Class of Disease, &c., in the Sub-District.Sex.Age.Social Position.
Males.Females.Under 1 year.From 1 to 5 years.From 5 to 10 years. 1From 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 and Trading Class, 8hopmen, Clerks, &c.Industrial and Laboring Classes.
Official mean Population, June, 1880 54,285 1881 67,154 Area in Acres, 1,235.
Classes:—Smallpox17611361...1061.........1214
Measles60322814415...60..................258
Scarlatina209111132319...1............119
Diphtheria321111...3.....................3
Croup43113......4.....................4
W hooping Cough37152218181...37...............2431
1. ZymoticTYphus, &c.1798......63953.........1115
Erysipelas6334...1...51..................6
Metria, Childbirth8...8...............8............116
Carbuncle................................................
Influenza................................................
Diarrœha & Cholera452322355......40...221...21231
Totals of Zymotic Class217102115778717618720721...723187
2. Tubercular173799469254131113424311717148
3. Of Brain, Nerves,&c.1286860502844867121851323101
4. Of the Heart, &c.5329241334111016142...2645
5. Of Respiratory Organs1889791616142128162024......414170
6. Of Digestive Organs391425152......17787...14430
7. Of Urinary Organs12661...113351.........210
8. Of Organs of Generation7...7...1......1231............7
9. Of Joints, Bones, &c.................................................
10. Of Skin1...1i.........1.....................1
11. Premature Birth, Low Vitality, Malformation, &c.67353267.........67..................463
12. Of Uncertain Seat2712156.........62892......324
13. Age14212.....................86...158
14. Violence242043...1484921...2121
15. Not Specified161241......233433......115
Totals96647649035220734366291081169221330103830