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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 1882

[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.
Population (Census) 1881 57,154Males.Females.Under 1 year.From I 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 aud under 80 years ot age.80 years and upwards.Nobility and Gentry.Professional Class, Merchants, Bankers, &c.Middle and Trading Class, Shopmen, Clerks, &c.Industrial and Laboring Classes.
Official Population, in middle of 1882... 60,102 Area in Acres, 1,235.
Diseases and other Causes of Death.
Classes:—
1. Zymotic Smallpox................................................
Measles332013923133............1...527
Scarlatina.3612244238136............1...530
Diphtheria .725...43...7..................25
Croup3...3......3...3..................12
Whooping Cough5617392234......56...............1847
1. Zymotic Typhus, &c.1477...1326332......1112
Erysipelas3122.........21..................3
Metria, Childbirth4...4.........113..................4
Carbuncle11..................1...............1...
Influenza................................................
Diarrhoea & Cholera3717202610......36...1............730
Totals of Zymotic Class194771176395184180842...2230160
2. Tubercular1929894773381213036233......631155
3. Of Bram, Nerves,Ac.11253593633958361283131890
4. Of the Heart, &c.471730...213129221161030
5. Of Respiratory Organs2581351238881571811032341...637215
6. Of Digestive Organs23111222228393......2714
7. Of Urinary Organs20119...11...2387.........614
8. Of Organs of Generation3...3...............2...1.........12
9. Of Joints, Bones, &c.2...2.........22.....................2
10. Of Skin1...11.........1.....................1
11. Premature Birth, Low Vitality, Malformation, &c.63362763.........63...............11151
12. Of Uncertain Seat.1511452......7...44.........312
13. Age18315..................11162169
14. Violence30237132522235...............30
15. Not Specified146844......8...33.........113
Totals9924815113522535035690831109811627161798