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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Wandsworth 1865

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

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Table: STATISTICS OF MORTALITY.

STATISTICS OF MORTALITY.

STREATHAM, includingTotal Deaths from each Class of Disease, &c., in the Sub-District.SexAgeSocial Position
TOOTING & BALIIAM. Population in 1861—10,082. Area in Statute Acres—3,465Males.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
Classes: —
1. ZymoticSmall Pox.............................................
Measles11......1...1.....................1
Scarlatina137...26...12...............184
Diphtheria2.2...1......2...............11...
Quinsy11......1...1..................1...
Croup.............................................
Whooping.............................................
Cough2222......2...............11...
Typhus and Infantile Fever62411...3...9............33
Erysipelas1...1............1..................1
Metria, Childbirth.............................................
Carbuncle......1.......... . .1..................1
Influenza Diarrhoea &.............................................
Dysentery211...1...11...............11
Cholera.............................................
Totals of Zymotic Class29141561042252.........31511
2. Tubercular13491......2641.........49
3. Of Brain, Nerves, Ac.1711654...9116...11510
4. Of the Heart, &c1376............32712254
5. Of Respiratory Organs2091141...513741...811
6. Of Digestive Organs12661......2262...9154
7. Of Urinary Organs .532...............93...1121
8. Of Organs of Gene ration1...1..................1............1
9i Of Joints, Bones, &c..............................................
10. Of Skin.....................
11. Premature Birth, Low Vitality, Mai formation, &c.9639......9..................07
12. Of Uncertain Seat5231......1......31122
13. Age93617..................1013a012...
14. Violence499............92............1...
15. Not Specified11...1......1.....................1
Totals152718128154512022401911126168