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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causes of death.
The following table will be found to contain a summary of all the causes of death arranged in accordance with the classification of the Registrar-General, shewing the sex, social position, and age at death at different periods, and particularizing the several diseases of the zymotic class.
WANDSWORTH. Population in 1861—13,346. Area in Acres—2,478. DISEASES, And other Causes of Death. Diseases Classified. | Total Deaths from each Class in 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 under10 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 & Trading Class, Shopmen, Clerks, &c. | Industrial & Labouring Classes. | |||
Classes:— | ||||||||||||||||
1. Zymotic | Small Pox | 4 | 1 | 3 | .. | 2 | 1 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 |
Measles | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Scarlatina | 3 | .. | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | |
Diphtheria | 6 | 1 | 5 | .. | 3 | 2 | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 4 | 1 | |
Quinsy | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Croup | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | |
Whooping Cough | 9 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 3 | .. | 9 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | ||
Fever | 13 | 8 | 5 | .. | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 10 | |
Erysipelas | 3 | 2 | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | |
Metria, Childbirth | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Carbuncle | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Influenza | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Diarrhœa & Dysentery | 8 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 1 | .. | 7 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 5 | |
Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Totals of Zymotic Class | 47 | 20 | 27 | 12 | 16 | 4 | 34 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | •• | 2 | 14 | 31 | |
2. Tubercular | 60 | 31 | 29 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 30 | 17 | 12 | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | 8 | 49 | |
3. Of Brain, Nerves,&c. | 65 | 37 | 28 | 6 | 3 | •• | 10 | 18 | 23 | 12 | 2 | •• | 2 | 8 | 55 | |
4. Of the Heart, &c. | 9 | 4 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 4 | 4 | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 5 | |
5. Of Respiratory Organs | 52 | 25 | 27 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 25 | 4 | 11 | 12 | .. | .. | 1 | 6 | 45 | |
6. Of Digestive Organs | 16 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | |
7. Of the Kidneys | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | |
8. Of the Uterus | 5 | .. | 5 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 4 | |
9. Of Joints, Bones, &c. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
10. Of Skin | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
11. Premature Birth, Low Vitality, Malformation, &c. | 15 | 8 | 7 | 14 | •• | •• | 14 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 11 | |
12. Of Uncertain Seat | 13 | 6 | 7 | •• | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | |
13. Age | 16 | 8 | 8 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11 | |
14. Violence | 10 | 8 | 2 | 2 | .. | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 8 | |
15. Not Specified | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Total | 311 | 152 | 159 | 63 | 42 | 12 | 129 | 54 | 67 | 45 | 16 | 5 | 14 | 51 | 241 |