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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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STATISTICS OF MORTALITS.
(52 Weeks.)
CLAPHAM.
Population in 1881, 36,380
Official Population
in middle of year
1881 36,600
Area in Acres, 1,233.
DISEASES
And other Causes of Death.
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.
From 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 & Trading Class,
Shopmen, Clerks, &c.
Industrial and Laboring
Classes.
Classes:—
1. Zymotic
Smallpox
7
2
5
...
...
...
2
2
3
2
...
...
1
...
3
...
Measles
10
5
5
3
3
4
...
10
...
...
...
...
...
2
2
6
Scarlatina
15
4
11
1
6
6
2
15
...
...
...
...
...
2
7
6
Diphtheria
3
1
2
...
2
1
3
...
...
...
...
...
1
1
1
Croup
Whooping
3
1
2
1
2
...
...
3
...
...
...
...
...
...
2
1
Cough
13
6
7
4
7
1
1
13
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
12
Typhus, &c.
3
1
2
...
...
1
1
2
1
...
...
...
...
...
1
2
Erysipelas
Metria,
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Childbirth
4
...
4
...
...
...
...
...
4
...
...
...
...
...
2
2
Carbuncle
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Influenza
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Diarrhœa
20
12
8
12
8
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
4
15
\ Cholera
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Totals of Zymotic Class
78
32
46
21
26
14
7
68
8
2
...
...
1
6
23
48
2. Tubercular
68
27
41
12
10
3
8
33
21
10
4
...
3
8
22
35
3. Of Brain, Nerves, &c
82
35
47
30
7
5
3
45
2
12
20
3
5
10
33
34
4. Of the Heart, &c.
30
14
16
...
1
1
2
4
3
8
15
...
3
6
13
8
5. Of Respiratory Organs
79
35
44
19
10
2
2
33
8
12
21
5
5
11
25
38
6. Of Digestive Organs
32
14
18
1
...
2
...
3
1
9
15
4
1
4
12
15
7. Of Urinary Organs
16
11
5
...
...
...
1
1
3
9
3
...
2
3
4
7
8. Of Organs of Generation
4
...
4
...
...
...
...
...
...
3
1
...
1
...
1
2
9. Of Joints, Bones, &c
6
1
5
...
...
...
2
2
2
...
2
...
...
...
1
6
10. Of Skin
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
11. Premature Birth,
Low Vitality, Malformation,
&c
41
16
28
42
2
...
...
44
...
...
...
...
2
3
10
29
12. Of Uncertain Seat
10
6
4
3
2
...
...
5
1
2
2
...
1
3
4
2
13. Age
22
5
17
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
5
17
2
8
7
5
14. Violence
7
3
4
2
2
...
...
4
...
1
2
...
...
...
1
6
15. Not Specified
21
11
10
7
4
...
1
12
...
1
8
...
...
3
6
6
12
Totals
499
210
289
137
64
27
26
254
49
69
98
29
26
65
162
246