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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 1867

[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, INCLUDING TOOTING & BALHAM. Population in 1861—10,082. Area in Statute Acres—3,465 DISEASES, And other Causes of DeathTotal Deaths from each Class of Disease, &c., in the Sub-District.SexAgeSocial Position
Males.Females.Under 1 year.From 1 to 5 years.From 5 to 10 yearUnder 20 years, including all under 10 years.At 20 and under 40 years of age.At 40 and under 60 years of age.At 50 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.
Classes:-
1. Zymotic,Small Pox2...2...2...2.....................2
Measles.............................................
Scarlatina1...1......11........................
Diphtheria..........................................
Quinsy.............................................
Croup21111...2..................11
Whooping Cough.............................................
Typhus and Infantile Fever532...1...131............14
Erysipelas.............................................
Metria, Childbirth1i.........1
Carbuncle ..............................
Influenza ...........................
Diarrhoea & Dysentery...2...2......2.....................2
Cholera.............................................
Totals of Zymotic Class1367341832............211
2. Tubercular23121142...8942......3119
3. Of Brain, Nerves, &c.25131275...12...210124811
4. Of the heart, &c.1275...112....46...1155
5. Of Respiratory Organs25121352...73...132l11013
6. Of Digestive Organs7521......1114...3112
7. Of Urinary Organs954.........1251...1251
8. Of Organs of Gene ration4...4............13.........1...3
9. Of Joints, Bones, &c..............................................
10. Of Skin1...11......1..................1...
11. Premature Birth, Low Vitality, Malformation, &c.7437......7...............214
12. Of Uncertain Seat.422...............22...1111
13. Age1257..................397...23
14. Violence1082.........1243.........28
15. Not Specified4223......3...1............13
Totals156817531142512128441216165074

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