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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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STATISTICS OF MORTALITY.

CLAPHAM.Total Deaths from each Class of Disease, &o., in the sub.disstict.Sex.Age.Social Position.
Population (Census) 1881 36,380Males.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 and Trading Class, Shopmen, Clerks, &c.Industrial and Laboring Classes.
Official Population in middle of 1884 39,632
Area in Acres, 1233.
DISEASES. and other causes of Death.
Classes:—
I. ZymoticSmall Pox211......22............11
Measles332013924....33............1617
Scarlet fever33....21..3..........12..
Diphtheria826..3418..........251
Croup54114....5..........122
Whooping Cough1569105....15............8
Typhoid & other Fevers422....1121..1....1..3
Erysipelas6145......5............14
Metria,2..2..........11......1..1
Childbirth Carbuncle................................
Influenza................................
Diarrhœa1899143....17..1......1512
Cholera................................
Totals of Zymotic Class95484739416490221....74048
2. Tubercular6940291510253216183....33531
3. Of Brain, Nerves,&c.703040275..335313163542833
4. Of the Heart5325282..136417223762218
5. Of Respiratory Organs07445331182152412236343357
6. Of Digestive Organs3812264....15313161592011
7. Of Urinary Organs844......11223..1331
8. Of Organs of Generation2..2............11........2
6. Of Joints, Bones, &c.4922112
7. Of Skin2112......9....8......11
8. Premature Birth, Low Vitality, Malformation, &c.47311647......47........2..1926
9. Of Uncertain Seat25111481..110266125711
10. Age22913..............9138176
11. Violence116551....641... .....4..
12. Not Specified................................
Totals5432632801807811192884186101273335221254