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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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44
STATISTICS OF MORTALITY.
BATTERSEA
WEST.
Total Deaths Irom each Cla.«s of
Disease &c.t in tbe Sub-District.
Sex.
Aoe.
Social
Position.
Population (Census) 1881 50,108
Males.
Females.
Under 1 year.
From 1 to o years.
From 6 to 10 years.
From 10 to 20 years.
All under 20 years.
At 20, and under 40 years.
At 40, and under 60 years.
At 60, and under 80 years.
80 years and upwards.
Nobility and Gentry.
Professional Class, Merchants,
Bankers, &c.
Middie and Trading Class,
Shopman, Clerks, &c.
Industrial and Labouring
Classes.
Official papulation
in middle of 1 882 5J,S07
Area in acres1,108
DISEASES
And other causes of death.
Classes
Small Pox
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1. Zymotic
Measles
31
14
17
5
26
...
...
31
...
...
...
...
...
...
8
23
Scarlatina
35
17
18
2
22
9
1
34
1
...
...
...
...
1
5
29
Diphtheria
4
2
2
...
1
3
...
4
...
...
...
...
...
...
2
2
Croup
12
9
3
1
10
1
...
12
...
...
...
...
...
...
3
9
Whooping
Cough
47
24
23
19
25
3
...
47
...
...
...
...
1
...
12
34
Typhus &
other Fevers
14
6
8
...
2
1
2
5
7
1
1
...
...
...
2
12
Erysipelas
9
5
4
1
1
...
1
3
1
4
1
...
...
...
...
9
Metria,
Childbirth
3
...
3
...
...
...
...
...
3
...
...
...
...
...
1
2
Carbuncle
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Influenza
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Diarrhceai
Choleraic
Disease
39
15
24
29
6
...
...
35
...
2
2
...
...
...
6
33
Totals of Zymotic Class
194
92
102
57
93
17
4
171
12
7
4
...
1
1
39
153
2. Tubercular
198
99
99
72
13
3
10
98
50
43
7
...
...
1
32
165
3. Of Brain, Nerves,&c.
173
82
91
35
28
4
4
71
15
32
48
7
5
2
39
127
4. Of the Heart, &c
83
36
47
...
2
...
3
5
16
27
32
3
1
...
16
66
5. Of Respiratory Organs
272
156
116
76
64
4
4
148
23
35
52
14
3
2
52
215
6. Digestive Organs
52
25
27
7
4
...
1
12
6
15
17
2
2
1
16
33
7. Urinary Organs
21
13
8
...
1
1
2
4
4
4
9
...
1
1
4
15
8. Of Organs of Generation
14
1
13
...
...
...
...
5
7
2
...
2
1
4
3
7
9. Joints and Bones
12
4
8
1
1
2
1
5
2
...
4
1
...
1
8
10. Skin
6
4
2
5
...
...
5
...
1
...
...
1
• ••
5
11. Premature Birth,
Low Vitality, Malformation,
&c
78
43
35
78
...
...
...
78
...
...
...
...
...
...
9
69
12. Dropsy, Cancer, and
of Uncertain Seat.
52
22
30
4
3
1
1
9
5
14
23
1
...
1
10
41
13. Age
37
14
.23
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
17
20
...
...
15
22
14. Violence
30
21
9
10
3
1
1
15
6
4
3
2
...
...
4
26
15. Not specified
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Total
1222
612
610
345
212
33
31
621
144
189
218
50
15
12
243
952
* This table include* all death in the Infirmary of the Union, which were 248 in number.