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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.

WANDSWORTH.Total Deaths from each class of Diseases, &c., in the Sub-District.Sex.Age.Social Position.
Population (Census) 1881 28,004 Official Population in middle of 1881 30,675 Area in acrea, 2,478Males.Females.Under 1 year.From 1 to 5 years.From 5 to 10 years.All under 20 years.At 20 and under 40 years of ape.At 40 and under 60 years of ape.At 60 and under 80 years of ape.80 years and upwards.Nobility and Gentry.Professional Class Merehnnts, Bankers, &c.Middle and Trading Classes Shopmen, Clrks, &c.Industrial and Labouring Classes.
Diseases and other Causes of Death.
Classes:—Smallpox11............1..........1
Measles64215..6............15
Scarlatina5..6..5..5..............5
Diphtheria422..314............13
Whooping Cough17107116..17............610
Fevers4131....211........31
1. ZymoticDiarrhœa & Dvsentery271116213..2411..12..520
Cholera..............................
Erysipelas Metria624..1..1..2211..23
Childbirth2..2........2..........1..
Carbuncle..............................
Croup734..7..7............l6
Other dis- eases44..4....4..............4
Totals of Zymotic Class83384538301704522322058
l. Tubercular85424315422534242....52555
Of Brain, Nerves, &c.12870582015..4022392256..2887
4. Of the Heart, &c.2291312..6448..1971 2
5. Of Respiratory Organs7036341717..36511171541645
6. Of Digestive Organs472324117..1981091131330
7. Of Urinary Organs1596........438..1437
s. Of Organs of Generation3..3..........21........3
9. Of Joints Bones, &c.211......11............2
10. Of Skin..............................
11. Premature birth, low vitality, malformation, &c.40211940....40..........11029
12. Dropsy, cancer and, others of uncertain seat18810........36811269
Age491428..........17244..729
14. Violence211382....48621....417
15 Not Specified..............................
Totals5762842921447532419311196352232139383