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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.

STREATHAM, including TOOTING & BALHAM.Total deaths from each Class of Disease, &c., in the Sub-District.Sex.Age.Social Position.
Males.Females.Under 1 year.From 1 to 5 years.From 5 to 10 years.Under 29 years, including all tinder 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 ape.80 years and upwards.Nobility and Gentry.Professional Class, Merchants, Bankers, &c.Middle and Trading Class, Shopmen, Clerks, &cIndustrial and Labouring Class.
Population (Census) 1881 25,553
Official population in middle of 1884 29,149
Area in Acres 3,466
DISEASES, And other causes of Death.
Classes:—
1. ZymoticSmall-Pox..............................
Measles8533118..........134
Scarlatina85315171........233
Diphtheria312..113..........3....
Croup22....2..2............2..
Whooping Cough93663..9........2..25
Typhus and other Fevers431..1..121........13
Erysipelas2..21....1..1..........2
Metria Childbirth6..6........51........24
Carbuncle..............................
Influenza..............................
Diarrhœa & Choleraic Disease117491..10..1......236
Totals of Zymotic Class532627201434184....281627
2. Tubercular5833251293252211....262030
3. Of Brain, Nerves, &c.6736311414433461951132132
4. Of the Heart, &c.3522131..13312152821411
5. Of Respiratory Organs7129421316131510241492830
6. Of Digestive Organs45182755112411162881316
7. Of Urinary Organs1376........16513514
8. Of Organs of Generation9..9..........54....6..3
9. Of Joints, Bones, &c...............................
10. Of Skin1..11....1..............1
11. Premature Birth, Low Vitality, Malformation, &c.55292655....55..........81235
12. Of Uncertain Seat927..1..2..34..1134
13. Age19712............91042121
14. Violence109122..421121126
16. Not Specified..............................
Totals4452182271223113207496997234459142200