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Wandsworth 1880

[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.

STATISTICS OF MORTALITY.

BATTERSEA WEST.Total Deaths from each Class of Disease &c., in the Sub-District.Sex.Age.Social Position.
Official mean population, June, 1880— 52 weeks) 48,981,Males.FemalesUnder 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.At 40, and under 60 years.At 60, and under 80 years.80 years and upwards.Nobility and Gentry.Professional Class, Merchants, Bankers, &c.Middle and Trading Class, Shopmen, Clerks, &c.Industrial and Labouring Classes.
Area 1108 acre#
Classes:—
1. ZymoticSmall Pox000.......................................
Measles82644......8..................17
Scarlatina301119213113291...............624
Diphtheria321...3......3.....................3
Quinsy00O..........................................
Croup11O1.........1.....................1
Whooping Cough2311127133...23..................419
Typhus & other Fevers1064...23...532...............10
Erysipelas312..................I11.........3
Metria, Childbirth707...............61............16
Carbuncle000.......................................
Iufluenza000.......................................
Diarrhœa & Choleraic Disease6128334410...1551...4l......457
Totals of Zymotic Class1466284584517412411452............16130
2. Tubercular19610987662061610851334...1217176
3. Of Brain, Nerves,&c.117635442244373212255331497
4. Of the Heart, &c.7233391......34141935052659
5. O Respiratory Organs215103112694325119103539124316192
6. Digestive Organs4721269326205139.........839
7. Urinary Organs______151053......14335............15
8. Of Organs of Generation918...............414.........18
9. Of Cancer, &c.2261611......22981......616
10. Syphilis42231......4.....................4
11. Premature Birth, Low Vitality, Malformation, & c____70442670............70..................1762
12. Of Uncertain Seat36112553...196415211133
13. Age351322.....................13224...526
14. Violence231855321113711......419
15. Joints and Bones321..................12............3
Total10104985123321433340548111141165451812101879

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* This table includes all deaths in the Infirmary of the Union,