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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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APPENDIX OF STATISTICAL TABLES.
TABLE I.
Summary of Deaths and their Causes, registered in the entire District during 1880, classified according to Sex, Age, and Social Position, and showing also the relative Numbers in each Sub-District.
| POPULATION of ENTIRE DISTRICT, As corrected by the Registrar General. | Total Deaths from each class of Disease, &c., in the entire District. | Sub-Districts. | Sex. | Age. | Social Position | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clapham—Population in 1871, 27,347, area in acres, 1,233. | Wandsworth— Population in 1871, 19,783, area in acres, 2,478. | Battersea—Population in 1871, 54,016, area in acres, 2,348. | Putney—Population in 1871, 9,439, area in acres, 2,176. | Streatham, Tooting and Balham—Population 1871, 14,475, area in acres, 3,465. | Males. | Females. | Under 1 year. | From 1 to 5 years. | From 5 to 10 years. | Under 20 years, including all under 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 age. | 80 years and upwards. | Nobility and Gentry. | .Protessional Class, Merchants, Bankers, &c. | Middle and Trading Class, Shopmen, Clerks. A a. | Industrial and I abouring Classes. | |||
| Census 1881. 210,397. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Official Population for middle of year, 1880. 205,400. Area in Statute Acres, 11,695. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| DISEASES, And other Causes of Death. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Classes:— 1. Zymotic | Small Pox | 3 | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ... | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ??? |
| Measles | 59 | 19 | 9 | 30 | ... | 1 | 31 | 28 | 15 | 39 | 3 | 59 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 14 | ??? | |
| Scarlatina | 173 | 21 | 24 | 93 | 1 | 34 | 76 | 97 | 14 | 87 | 53 | 169 | 4 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 6 | 27 | ??? | |
| Diphtheria | 19 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ... | 7 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 18 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 5 | 2 | ??? | |
| Quinsy | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ??? | |
| Croup | 19 | 3 | 7 | 5 | ... | 4 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 19 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 6 | ??? | |
| Whooping Cough | 123 | 25 | 15 | 66 | 9 | 8 | 51 | 72 | 51 | 65 | 7 | 123 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 22 | ??? | |
| Typhus & other Fevers | 44 | 4 | 6 | 25 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 23 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 30 | 8 | 5 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 8 | ??? | |
| Erysipelas | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | ... | ... | 1 | 9 | 2 | 2 | ... | 4 | ... | 2 | 2 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ??? | |
| Metria, Childbirth | 23 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 2 | ... | 23 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 21 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | ??? | |
| Carbuncle | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ??? | |
| Influenza | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ??? | |
| Diarrhœa &Choleraic Disease | 213 | 38 | 20 | 139 | 10 | 6 | 111 | 102 | 153 | 30 | 2 | 187 | 7 | 2 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 27 | ??? | |
| Totals of Zymotic Class | 687 | 119 | 92 | 383 | 25 | 68 | 318 | 369 | 242 | 256 | 83 | 613 | 40 | 11 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 25 | 110 | ??? | |
| 2. Tubercular | 625 | 65 | 60 | 444 | 18 | 38 | 314 | 311 | 208 | 83 | 19 | 356 | 157 | 95 | 17 | ... | 8 | 21 | 87 | ??? | |
| 3. Of Brain and Nerves | 464 | 44 | 106 | 227 | 33 | 54 | 246 | 218 | 116 | 73 | 11 | 214 | 32 | 83 | 120 | 15 | 20 | 35 | 89 | ??? | |
| 4. Of the Heart....... | 193 | 40 | 23 | 100 | 13 | 17 | 89 | 104 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 28 | 63 | 79 | 6 | 18 | 12 | 41 | ??? | |
| 5. Of Respiratory Organs | 657 | 84 | 89 | 405 | 27 | 52 | 331 | 326 | 196 | 138 | 7 | 353 | 40 | 103 | 134 | 27 | 21 | 38 | 89 | ??? | |
| 6. Of Digestive Organs | 155 | 9 | 21 | 88 | 13 | 24 | 72 | 83 | 38 | 10 | 5 | 63 | 13 | 40 | 38 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 35 | ??? | |
| 7. Of Urinary Organs | 66 | 11 | 11 | 33 | 6 | 5 | 45 | 21 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 20 | 17 | ... | 3 | 5 | 12 | ??? | |
| 8. Of Organs of Generation | 20 | 1 | 1 | 13 | ... | 5 | 1 | 19 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 6 | 7 | 7 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ??? | |
| 9. Of Joints, Bones, &c | 15 | 5 | 3 | 4 | ... | 3 | 9 | 6 | ... | 2 | ... | 4 | 2 | 5 | 4 | ... | 2 | ... | 5 | ??? | |
| 10. Of Skin | 8 | 2 | ... | 5 | 1 | ... | 6 | 2 | 6 | 1 | ... | 7 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ??? | |
| 11. Premature Birth, Low Vitality,Malformation, &.C. | 266 | 47 | 27 | 139 | 16 | 37 | 153 | 113 | 257 | 9 | 266 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 21 | 45 | ??? | ||
| 12. Of Uncertain Seat | 110 | ... | 17 | 74 | 10 | 9 | 38 | 72 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 23 | 15 | 24 | 43 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 18 | ??? | |
| 13. Age | 136 | 22 | 23 | 57 | 9 | 25 | 44 | 92 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 59 | 76 | 17 | 12 | 29 | ??? | |
| 14. Violence | 96 | 12 | 11 | 56 | 6 | 11 | 74 | 22 | 23 | 7 | 8 | 45 | 16 | 25 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 20 | ??? | |
| 15. Not Specified | 95 | 83 | ... | 12 | ... | ... | 46 | 49 | 29 | 11 | 2 | 47 | 8 | 23 | 16 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 25 | ??? | |
| Totals | 3591 | 544 | 484 | 2040 | 177 | 348 | 1786 | ;1807 | 1136 | 600 | 140 | 2021 | 374 | 500 | 560 | 138 | 123| | 200 | 608 | ??? | |