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Wandsworth 1884

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

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TABLE II. Summary of Deaths and their Causes, registered in the entire' District during 1884, 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. Census 1881—210,434 Official Population for middle of year, 1884, 238,997. Area in Statute Acres, 11,740 Density 20 persous to an acre.Total Deaths from each class of Disease in the entire District.Sub-Districts.Sex.Age.Spcoal Position.
Battersea—Popu1ation, 125,091. Area in acres, 2 343.Capham—PopuLation,39,632. Area in acres, 1,233.Putney—Population, 14.450. Area in acres. 2,176.Streatham.Tooting and Balham—Population, 29, 149. Area in acres. 3,465.Wandsworth—Population, 30.*/5. Area in acres, 2,478.Males.Females.Uuder 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, &cMiddle & Trading Class, Shopmen, Clerks,&cIndustrial and Laboring Class.
DISEASES, And other Causes of Death.
Classes:—
1. Zymotic.Small Pox9521...163.........432.........126
Measles1821343318610676371365182...............135146
Scarlatina47313...8524234346452............4835
Diphtheria43188103418255241043...............81322
Whooping Cough15510615891771848371l155............2430119
Typhus and other Fevers .58464...44283013927225. 4...111541
Diarrhœa & Choleraic Diseases239175188112712611319135...22634334731197
Erysipelas28155...261315101...1216811...324
Metria, Childbirth24142...62...24.........2193.........2517
Croup38245...272414330538...............1928
Other Zymotic Diseases4............44............4.....................4
Totals of Zymotic Clas82756895285383420407338334367385020154829151639
2. Tubercular71547969245885391324220951737419513214..322139551
3. Of Brain and Nerves602298703967128296306164931528854112126222724138413
4. Of the Heart269148531135221221471056393884999201573161
5. Of Inspiratory Organs75848997371703873712251701041659101158241922156561
6. Of Digestive Organ227853812454710911841145652463696221765123
7. Of Urinary Organs803481013154832...12413293317172333
8. Of Organs of Geeration35162593233.........241414137322
9. Of Joints, Bones, &c241642...210144411461211...320
10. Of Skin3...2...1..123......3..................12
11. Premaature Birth, Low Vitality, Maiformation, &c.30414947135540176128304......304............21259231
12. Cancer, Dropsy, and others of Uncertai Seat14891255918608830323717414945938106
13. Age1546422719426394...............272801883989
14. Violence111571112102172392811151232485121692
15. Not specified99............18...6...61...2......135
Totals426625035431994455762158|210813677369523414846236611571361858973048