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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WANDSWORTH. | Total Deaths from each Class of Disease, &c., in the Sub-District. | Sex. | Age. | Social Position. | ||||||||||||
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Population in 1861—13,346. Area in Acres, 2,478. | 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, &c. | Middle & Trading Class, Shopmen, Clerks, &c. | Industrial & Labouring Classes. | ||
Diseases and other Causes of Death. | ||||||||||||||||
Diseases Classified. |
YEARS. | Small Pox | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Whooping Cough. | Diarrhœa. | Fever— Typhus and Typhoid. | Total Deaths from Epidemics. | Total Deaths from all causes. | Percentage of deaths from Epidemics to deaths from all cases. |
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1858 | 1859 |
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Years. | 1856 | 1857 | 1858 | 1859. | 1860 | 1861 | 1862 | 1863 | 1864 | 1865 |
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BATTERSEA. Population in 1861—19,852. Area in Statute Acres—2,343 | Total Deaths from each Class of Disease, &c., 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, &c. | Middle and Tarding Class, Shopmen, Clerks, &c. | Industrial and Labouring Classes. | |||
STREATHAM, including | Total Deaths from each Class of Disease, &c., in the Sub-District. | Sex | Age | Social Position | ||||||||||||
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TOOTING & BALIIAM. Population in 1861—10,082. Area in Statute 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 30 and under 90 years of age. | 80 years and upwards. | Nobility and Gentry. | Professional Class, Merchants, Bankers, &c. | Middle & Training Class, Shopmen, Clerks, &c. | Industrial and Laboring Classes. | ||
DISEASES, And other Causes of Death |
PUTNEY and ROEHAMPTON. Population in 1861—6.481. Area in Statute Acres-2,176. | Total Deaths from each Class of Disease, &c., 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, &c. | 3Iiddle and Trading Class, Shopmen, Clerks, Ac. | Industrial and Labouring Classes | |||
DISEASES, And other causes of Death. |
YEARS. | Number of Deaths from all Causes. | No. of Deaths from Seven of the principal Epidemic Diseases. | Per centage of Deaths from seven principal Epidemics to Deaths from all Causes. |
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REGISTERED CAUSES OF DEATH. | NUMBER OF DEATHS. | |||||
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1st Quarter. | 2nd Quarter. | 3rd Quarter. | 4th Quarter. | THE YEAR. | ||
January, February, March. | April, May, June. | July, August, September. | October, November, December |
POPULATION of ENTIRE DISTRICT, In 1861, 70,381. Area in Statute Acres, 11,695. | Total Deaths from each Class of Disease, &c., in the Entire District. | Sub-Districts. | Sex. | Age. | Social Position | ||||||||||||||||
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capnam—population in 1881, 20,890 area in acres, 1,233. | Wandsworth—Population in 1861, 13,346, area in acres, 2,478. | Battersea—Population in 1861, 19,582, area in acres, 2,343. | Putney—Population in 1861, 6,481, area in acres, 2,176. | Streatnam, Tooting, and Balham-popu lation 1861, 10,082, 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. | Professional Class, Merchants, Bankers, & c. | Middle and Trading Class, Shopmen, Clerks, &c. | Industrial and Labouring Classes. | |||
DISEASES, And other Causes of Death. |
SUB DISTRICT. | Males. | Females. | Total. |
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Jan., Feb., and March. | April, May, and June. | Ju!y, Aug., and September. | Oct., Nov., and December. | The Year. |
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Years. | Deaths from Epidemics in each Sub-District. | Entire District. | ||||||
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Clapham. | Battersea. | Wandsworth. | Putney. | Streatham. | Total Deaths from Epidemics. | Total Deaths Registered. | Per centage of Deaths from Epidemics to Total Deaths. |
SUB DISTRICTS. | Total Cases of Sickness treated in each Sub-district. | 1—Small Pox. | 2—Measles. | 3—Scarlatina and Malignant Sore Throat. | 4—Whooping Cough. | 5—Diarrhoea and Dysentery. | 6—Cholera. | 7—Fever. | 8—Erysipelas | 9—Puerperal Fever. | 10—Lung Diseases except Phthisis. | 11—Phthisis. | 12—Hydrocephalus Atrophy, Scrofula, and Convulsions of Children. | 13—Other Diseases. | 14—Violence, Privation, and Premature Birth. | Total Deaths in each Sub-District. | ||||||||||||||
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Cases. | Deaths. | Cases. | Deaths. | Cases. | Deaths. | Cases. | Deaths | Cases. | Deaths. | Cases. | Deaths. | Cases. | Deaths. | Cases. | Deaths. | Cases. | Deaths. | Cases. | Deaths. | Cases. | Deaths. | Cases. | Deaths. | Cases. | Deaths. | Cases. | Deaths. |
Clapham. | Battersea. | Wandsworth. | Putney and Roehampton. | Streatham, including Tooting and Balham. | Totals. |
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Source of Supply. | Date. | Solid Constituents in grains per Imperial Gallon. | Hardness in degrees, each degree equal to one grain of chalk per gal. | Remarks. | ||||
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Organic Matter. | Inorganic Matter. | Total Impurity. | Temporary. | Permanent. | Total. |
Date. | Situation of Wells. | Total Impurity in Degrees or Total Residue Grains, | Organic Matter, and Nitric Acid. |
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