[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth District, The Board of Works (Clapham, Putney, Streatham, Tooting & Wandsworth)] page 93

Wandsworth 1883

[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 1883, classified according to Sex, Age, and Social Position, and showing also the relative Numbers in each Sub-District.

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TABLE II.

Summary of Deaths and their Causes, registered in the entire District during 1883, 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		Total Deaths from each class of Disease, &c, in the entire District.	Sub-District					Sex.		Age.								Social Position.
Census 1881—210,434. Official Population for middle of year, 1883, 229,566, Area in Statute Acres, 11695.			Battersea—Population 119,197, area in acres, 2.343,	Clapham—Population 38,400 area in acres,1,233,	Putney—Population, 14,068, area in acres, 2,170,	Streatham, Tooting and Balharn—Population, 28.042, area in acres, 3,405,	Wandsworth—Population, 29,853, 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 50 and under 80 years of age.	80 years and upwards.	Nobility and Gentry.	Professional Class. Mercharts, Bankers, &c.	Middle and Trading Class, Shopmen, Clerks, &c.	Industrial and Labouring Classes.
DISEASES, And other causes of Death.			Battersea—Population 119,197, area in acres, 2.343,	Clapham—Population 38,400 area in acres,1,233,	Putney—Population, 14,068, area in acres, 2,170,		Wandsworth—Population, 29,853, 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 50 and under 80 years of age.	80 years and upwards.	Nobility and Gentry.	Professional Class. Mercharts, Bankers, &c.	Middle and Trading Class, Shopmen, Clerks, &c.	Industrial and Labouring Classes.
Classes
1. Zumotic Dysentery	Small Pox	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	Measles	133	77	33	2	7	14	70	63	43	78	9	133	..	..	..	..	..	6	16	111
	Scarlatina	65	43	8	7	2	5	31	34	11	39	12	65	..	..	..	..	1	9	11	44
	Diphtheria	63	8	7	24	13	11	33	30	2	34	23	59	3	1	..	..	..	8	16	39
	Whooping. Cough	133	99	16	2	11	5	72	61	..	74	3	133	..	..	..	..	..	4	18	111
	Typhus & other Fevers	52	27	3	2	8	12	31	21	..	6	6	22	16	9	5	..	2	2	17	31
	Diarrhœa	158	115	19	5	9	10	74	84	114	20	3	137	2	4	15	..	1	10	26	121
	Cholera	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	Erysipelas	10	6	2	..	1	1	4	6	3	..	..	4	..	2	2	2	..	..	2	8
	Metria, Childbirth	25	5	7	..	7	6	..	25	..	..	..	..	22	3	..	..	..	1	9	15
	Carbuncle	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	Influenza	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	Croup	60	23	17	..	7	13	34	26	11	41	8	60	..	..	..	..	..	..	15	45
	Other Zymotic Diseases	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Total of Zymotic Class	699	403	112	42	65	77	349	350	239	292	64	613	43	19	22	2	4	40	130	525
2. Tubercular	654	430	76	28	56	64	314	340	211	75	14	349	187	106	12	..	6	29	125	494
3. Of Brain and Nerves	574	287	66	44	59	118	310	264	156	90	21	276	53	95	128	22	13	35	96	430
4. Of the Heart	255	129	39	15	47	25	119	136	11	3	3	34	38	80	89	14	13	31	60	151
5. Of Respiratory Or gans	829	566	113	31	50	69	427	402	238	209	20	4 73	53	116	157	30	20	28	112	669
6. Of Digestive Organs	234	110	26	19	44	35	111	123	44	6	3	64	31	59	76	4	12	19	61	142
7. Of Urinary Organs	99	48	21	6	11	13	49	50	3	2	..	8	22	30	35	4	7	10	27	55
8. Of Organs of Gene ration	30	20	..	5	5	..	1	29	..	..	..	..	13	12	5	..	3	3	8	16
9. Of Joints, Bones, &c.	25	19	..	1	5	..	15	10	2	4	2	10	2	3	8	2	1	..	5	19
10. Of Skin	10	7	3	..	..	..	7	3	8	..	..	8	..	..	2	..	..	..	..	10
11. Birth, Vitality, Malformance &c.	241	104	66	17	37	23	133	108	235	6	..	241	..	..	..	..	..	12	62	167
12. Dropsy, Cancer, and others of uncertain seat	114	68	24	..	2	20	46	68	4	..	1	6	14	49	41	4	4	3	52	55
13. Age	185	85	25	10	32	33	64	121	..	..	..	..	..	..	78	107	17	17	42	109
14. Violence	94	44	7	15	6	22	61	33	19	4	6	37	22	21	13	1	..	2	13	79
15. Not Specified.	40	24	8	8	..	••	17	23	19	5	..	26	6	3	4	1	1	2	7	30
Totals	4083	2344	580	241	419	499	2023	2060	1189	696	134	2145	484	593	670	191	101	231	800	2951