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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, &C.

STATISTICS OF MORTALITY, &C.

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-DistrictSEXAgeSocial Position
MalesFemalesUnder 1 yearFrom 1 to 5 yearsFrom 5 to 10 yearsUnder 20 years, including all under 10 yearsAt 20, and under 40 years of ageAt 40, and under 60 years of ageAt 60, and under 80 years of age80 years and upwardsNobility and GentryProfessional Class, Merchants Bankers, &c.3Iiddle and Trading Class, Shopmen, Clerks, Ac.Industrial and Labouring Classes
DISEASES, And other causes of Death.
Classes:—
1. ZymoticSmall Pox.............................................
Measles.............................................
Scarlatina .2...1...2...2...............11...
Diphtheria.............................................
Quinsy.............................................
Croup2...2...112.....................2
Whooping Cough.............................................
Typhus & Infantile Fever.............................................
844......2341............44
Erysipelas.22...1......1.........11......1
Metria, Childbirth1...1............1...............1...
Carbuncle.............................................
Influenza.............................................
Diarrhoea & Dysentery1...1..................1.........1...
Cholera.............................................
Totals of Zymotic Class1679133851111177
2.Tubercular9814144917174......911510
3. Of Brain, Nerves, &c.139434...7...33...1228
4. Of the Heart, &c.615............114...213
5. Of Respiratory Organs221012...9...9436...3...712
6. Digestive Organs6242......2...22......123
7. Urinary Organs...................... . ......................
8. Of Organs of Generation.............................................
9. Of Joints, Bones, &c..............................................
10. Of Skin.............................................
11. Premature Birth, Low Vitality, Malformation, &c.5235......5..................23
12. Of Uncertain Seat68............123......33
13. age844..................852...33
14. Violence44...1...12...11...1...12
15. Not Specified11...1......1..................1...
Totals1155461171854128172361254454