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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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STATISTICS OF MORTALITY.

CLAPHAM. Population (Census) 1881 36,350 Official Population in middle of 1882 37,502 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. ZymoticSmallpox11........................1.........1...
Measles1569591...15...............1212
Scarlatina2610162194...251...............620
Diphtheria413...2...131.........1111
Croup532131...5..................32
Whooping Cough176116101...17.....................17
Typhus, &c.716...32...52...............34
Erysipelas11...1.........1..................1...
Metria, Childbirth1...1...............1..................1
Carbuncle................................................
Influenza.............................................•••
Diarrhœa4314.........4..................31
Cholera................................................
Totals of Zymotic Class813249194691755...1...122058
2. Tubercular1596451...1041......1...59
3. Of Brain, Nerves, &c.65353019112...3231614...561638
4. Of the Heart, &c.471829......325121182271424
5. Of Respiratory Organs1457570272034543031228774091
6. Of Digestive Organs34171742118311111551014
7. Of Urinary Organs161241.........14461...358
8. Of Organs of Generation1...1..................1............1...
9. Of Joints, Bones, &c.93632...16111......333
10. Of Skin11...1.........1...............1......
11. Premature Birth, Low Vitality, Malformation, &c34161834.........34...............1627
12. Of Uncertain Seat45212412521208107...3315 1424
13. Age371522.....................201763...15
14. Violence119231...2611211151
15. Not Specified3...3..................21.........21
Totals5442632811279221122526099103303141156316