[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth District, The Board of Works (Clapham, Putney, Streatham, Tooting & Wandsworth)] page 46

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: STATISTICS OF MORTALITY.

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STATISTICS OF MORTALITY.

BATTTERSEA WEST. Population (Census) 1881 52,587 Official Population in middle of 1884 61,385 Area in Acres, 1,396 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,! year.	From 1 to 5 years,	From 5 to 10 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 Labouring Classes,
Classes:—
1. Zymotic	Small Pox																2	1	1	..	..	..	..	1	1	..	..	..	..	1	1
	Measles																42	25	17	10	32	..	42	..	..	..	..	..	..	5	37
	Scarlatina	14	6	8	2	9	1	13	1	..	..	..	..	..	3	11
	Diphtheria	11	5	6	3	7	1	11	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	10
	Whooping Cough .	46	22	24	28	18	..	46	..	..	..	..	..	..	7	39
	Typhus anc other Fever	21	9	12	..	..	4	9	8	2	2	..	1	..	3	17
	Diarrhoea & Choleraic Disease	82	45	?7	71	7	..	78	1	1	1	1	2	..	4	76
	Erysipelas	8	6	2	1	..	..	1	..	2	5	..	..	..	..	8
	Metria, Childbirth	11	..	11	..	..	..	1	9	1	..	..	..	..	2	9
	Carbuncle.	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	Influenza .	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	Croup	14	9	5	1	10	3	14	..	..	..	..	..	..	4	10
	Quinsy	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	••
Totals of Zymotic Class		251	128	123	116	83	9	215	20	7	8	i	3	..	30	218
2. Tubercular		26S	148	118	90	29	2	136	76	48	6	..	1	2	23	240
3. Of Brain & Nerves		170	76	94	49	23	7	83	11	30	42	4	2	4	23	141
4. Of the Heart		95	40	55	3	2	3	15	12	28	33	2	4	..	12	79
5. Of Respiratory Or gans		218	139	109	67	42	4	114	30	37	58	9	5	2	42	199
6. Digestive Organs		6?	40	23	14	..	2	17	5	16	23	2	6	..	12	45
7. Urinary Organs		19	12	7	..	..	1	1	2	10	6	..	1	..	4	14
8. Of Organs of Generation		12	2	10	..	..	..	2	2	3	5	..	1	..	..	11
9. Of Joints, Bones, &c		12	4	8	4	1	..	7	3	1	1	..	..	..	1	11
10. Of Skin		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
11. Premature Birth, Low Vitality, Malformation, &c.		33	18	15	33	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	2	31
12. Of Uncertain Seat.		66	30	36	14	..	..	15	9	14	26	2	1	1	9	65
13. Age		45	2l	24	..	..	..	..	..	1	26	18	2	..	3	40
14. Violence		39	24	15	13	6	..	25	4	7	2	..	..	..	1	38
15. Not Specified		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Totals		1319	682	637	403	186	28	669	174	202	241	38	26	9	162	1122

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* This table includes 269 deaths in the Infirmary of the Union, and 14 in other public Institutions,
leaving 1,036 as the correct number of deaths which took place in this oub-door district.

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