[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth District, The Board of Works (Clapham, Putney, Streatham, Tooting & Wandsworth)] page 19

Wandsworth 1859

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth District, The Board of Works (Clapham, Putney, Streatham, Tooting & Wandsworth)]

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STREATHAM,
INCLUDING
TOOTING AND BALHAM.
Streatham, Tooting, and Balham, constituting as they do a
sub-district of Wandsworth, with a population at the last census little short
of 10,000, shows a statistical return of 169 deaths for the year ending 31st
December, 1859, being an excess of 69 over 100 in 1857— a year of low
mortality—and 35 deaths more than were registered in 1858. In last year's
Report, the then excess of mortality over the two preceding years was to be
accounted for by the greater number of the aged dying, the deaths occurring
at 60 and under 80 being unusually numerous—viz., 42. In the year 1859
the deaths amongst those of corresponding ages were 48.

Table: The trying peculiarity of the weather and seasons, may in a measure account for a part of the great excess indicated.

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The trying peculiarity of the weather and seasons, may in a measure account for a part of the great excess indicated.

STEEATHAM, INCLUDING" TOOTING & BALHAM Population in 1851, 9,023 Area in Statute Acres, 3,465	SEX			AGE								SOCIAL POSITION
	Males	Females	Total	Under 1 year	From I 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	Professional Class, Merchants, Bankers, &c.	Middle and Trading Class, Shopmen, Clerks, &c.	Industrial and Labouring Classes
DISEASES And other causes of death.	Males	Females	Total	Under 1 year	From I 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	Professional Class, Merchants, Bankers, &c.	Middle and Trading Class, Shopmen, Clerks, &c.	Industrial and Labouring Classes
1.Small Pox	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
2. Measles	..	1	1	..	1	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..
3. Scarlatina and Malingnant Sore Throat, and Diphtheria	12	13	25	..	17	4	23	2	..	..	..	..	..	3	22
4. Hooping Cough	3	..	3	1	2	..	3	..	..	..	..	1	1	1	..
5. Diarrhœa and Dysentery	3	..	3	3	..	..	3	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	2
6. Cholera	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
7. Fever	2	1	3	..	1	1	3	..	..	..	..	..	1	1	1
8. Erysipelas	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
9. Puerperal Fever	..	..	..	..	..		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
10. Lung Diseases, except Phthisis	16	10	26	5	5	..	10	1	3	10	2	2	1	4	19
11. Phthisis	10	11	21	1	1	..	9	8	3	1	..	..	1	4	16
12. Hydrocephalus, Atrophy, Scrofula, and Convulsions of Children	6	5	11	8	3	••	11	..	..	..	..	..	1	2	8
13. Other Diseases	32	34	66	1	3	4	9	5	12	37	3	6	10	16	34
14. Violence, Privation, and Premature Birth	6	4	10	9	..	..	9	..	..	..	1	1	..	1	8
TOTAL	90	79	169	28	33	9	81	16	18	48	6	11	15	33	110

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Table: The trying peculiarity of the weather and seasons, may in a measure account for a part of the great excess indicated.