Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth District, The Board of Works (Clapham, Putney, Streatham, Tooting & Wandsworth)]
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something under 16 in every 1000 living; a most
encouraging fact, and one which in my humble view repays
us for all previous sanitary exertions.
As usual, I here affix the much approved mortality table, which gives the number of deaths from each class of disease and the causes, as well as the age, sex, and social position of every person who died and whose death was registered in this parish, during the past year.
CLAPHAM. Population in 1861—20,894. Area in Acres—1,233. DISEASES, And other Causes of Death. | Total Deaths from each Class of Disease, Ac., in the Sub-District. | Sex. | Age. | Social Position. | ||||||||||||
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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. | Professional Class, Merchants, Bankers, Ac. | Middle A Trading Class, Shopmen, Clerks, Ac. | Industrial & Labouring Classes. | |||
Classes:— | ||||||||||||||||
1. Zymotic | Small pox | .. | 3 | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | |
Measles | 12 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 11 | .. | 12 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 11 | |
Scarlatina | 11 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 4 | 6 | |
Diphtheria | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | |
Quinsy | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | |
Croup | 4 | 1 | 3 | .. | 3 | 1 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | |
Whooping Cough | 10 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 7 | .. | 10 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 8 | |
Typhus, &c. | 14 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 12 | |
Erysipelas | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | |
Metria, Childbirth | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | |
Carbuncle | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | |
Influenza | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Diarrhœa & Dysentery | 11 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 1 | .. | 8 | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 7 | |
Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Totals of Zymotic Class | 71 | 30 | 41 | 19 | 31 | 5 | 56 | 4 | 8 | 3 | •• | •• | 4 | 16 | 51 | |
2. Tubercular | 46 | 23 | 23 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 15 | 9 | 2 | .. | .. | 4 | 17 | 25 | |
3. Of Brain, Nerves, &c. | 35 | 25 | 10 | 13 | 30 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 3 | •• | 8 | 22 | 30 | |||
4. Of the Heart, &c. | 21 | 10 | 11 | •• | .. | •• | 2 | •• | 12 | 7 | .. | .. | .. | 6 | 15 | |
5. Of Respiratory Organs | 66 | 28 | 38 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 34 | 4 | 19 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 19 | 46 | |
6. Of Digestive Organs | 33 | 14 | 19 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 1 | .. | 1 | 14 | 18 | |
7. Of Urinary Organs | 3 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | |
8. Of Organs of Generation | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | • • | 1 | 1 | .. | |
9. Of Joints, Bones, &c. | 9 | 5 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 4 | .. | 2 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 6 | 3 | |
10. Of Skin | 1 | 1 | .. | •• | 1 | •• | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
11. Premature Birth, Low Vitality, Malformation, &c. | 24 | 10 | 14 | 21 | 3 | •• | 24 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 4 | 18 | |
12. Of Uncertain Seat | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | • • | .. | •• | 2 | |
13. Age | 45 | 14 | 31 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 12 | 33 | • • | 8 | 21 | 16 | |
14. Violence | 9 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | 6 | |
15. Not Specified | 16 | 3 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 8 | l | 3 | 4 | •• | •• | 1 | 4 | 11 | |
Totals | 408 | 180 | 228 | 96 | 74 | 19 | 208 | 32 | 59 | 71 | 38 | •• | 30 | 136 | 242 |
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