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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:

PUTNEY and ROEHAMPTON. Population in 1861—6.481. Vrea in Statute Acres—2,176. DISEASES, And other causes of Death.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.Middle and Trading Class,1 Shopmen, Clerks, &c. iIndustrial and Labouring Classes
Classes :—
1. ZymoticSmall Pox11...............1...............1...
Measles.............................................
Scarlatina11......1...1.....................1
Diphtheria211...112..................11
Quinsy..........................................
Croup.............................................
Whooping Cough95418...9...............144
Typhus & Infantile Fever3...3.........12...............21
Erysipelas...............................................
Metria, Childbirth.............................................
Carbuncle.............................................
Influenza Diarrhœa &..........................................
Dysentery42231...4..................13
Cholera.............................................
Totals of Zymotic Class2010104111173............1910
2. Tubercular2191221...7122......22710
3. Of Brain, Nerves, &c.198114318136112511
4. Of the Heart, &c.936......141...4...3222
5. Of Respiratory Or gans20101062...8345...11612
6. Digestive Organs936.........113311242
7. Urinary Organs211...1...1......1.........11
8. Of Organs of Generation2...2............2..................2
9. Of Joints, Boues, &c..............................................
10. Of. Skin1...1............1...............1...
11. Premature Birth. Low Vitality, Malformation, &c.1310312......13...............247
12. Of Uncertain Seat211..................2.........2...
13. Age523..................14...1...4
14. Violence44......2...31............1...3
15. Not Specified11...1......1.....................1
Totals1286266292036325122268144165