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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: TABLE II.Summary of Deaths and their Causes registered in the entire District during 1882, classified according to Sex, Age, and Social Position, and showing also the relative Numbers in each Sub-District.

TABLE II.

Summary of Deaths and their Causes registered in the entire District during 1882, classified according to Sex, Age, and Social Position, and showing also the relative Numbers in each Sub-District.

POPULATION of entire district As corrected by the Registrar General. Area in Acres 11,695 Density 18.89 persons to an Acre. DISEASES, An d other causes of Death.Total Deaths from each class of Disease, &c., in the entire District.Sub-Districts.Sex.Age.Social Position.
Battersea—Population 113,872, area in acres, 2,343.Claphana— Population 37,602, area in acres, 1,233.Putney—Population 13,689, area iu acres, 2,176.Streatham, Tooting and Balham—Population 26,935. area in acres, 3,465.Wandsworth—Population 29,031, area in acres, 2,478.Males.Females.Under 1 year.From 1 to 5 years.From 5 to 10 years.Under 20 years, including all under 10 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, Shopmen, Clerks, &c.Industrial and Labouring Classes.
Classes:— .
1. ZymoticSmall Pox1............1.....................1.........1...
Measles115641513518615430813115............121993
Scarlatina11971264994970879251163.........211898
Diphtheria511142943232813214501.........241431
Whooping Cough163103178926669759977163............1425133
Typhus &other Fevers492874192029...108241663......11038
Diarrhœa &Choleraic Disease117764532958598720...107...46...122292
Erysipelas1812112281051...7542......2214
Metria, Childbirth1971236...19.........118.........12313
Carbuncle31......1112............12............21
Influenza............................................................
Croup311552451714521531...............11020
Quinsy1......1.........1...1...1.....................1
Totals of Zymotic Class68738881694110830438319534262615441612...819126534
2. Tubercular5213901513346926126017880152901288716...31789412
3. Of Brain and Nerves539285653449106274265124952025152106114162824119368
4. Of the Heart2511304714322810515613819417810211162655154
5. Of Respiratory Organs8505301452959874404102521261548372114155262323170634
6. Of Digestive Organs19575341642289310230147582155547151662102
7. Of Urinary Organs8941166620503913291825334682352
8. Of Organs of Generation32171374131.........111128...53816
9. Of Joints, Bones, &e.25149...1181744315315l...4813
10. Of Skin971......16371...8...1.........216
ll. Premature Birth, Low Vitality,Malformation, &c.234141346262713599234......234............31138182
12. Dropsy, Cancer, & others of Uncer-tain Seat14467456719687624113401938461563697
13. Age1535537529276390...............4737619105272
14.Violence1046011781879253068571915103121388
15. Not Specified18143......171144...8...55.........315
Totals3851221454420834154418941957108275214320874285576341451321718032745