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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 1869

[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 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 50 and under 90 years of age.80 years and upwards.Nobility and Gentry.Professional Class, Merchants, Bankers, &c.Middle & Trading Class, Shopmen, Clerks, &c.Industrial and Laboring Classes.
Classes:-
1. ZymoticSmall Pox.............................................
Measles4311214...............211
Scarlatina107316110..................73
Diphtheria532...314......1...1...31
Quinsy.............................................
Croup65115...6...............132
Whooping Cough21111...2.....................2
Typhus and Infantile Fever3121...12...1............21
Erysipelas.............................................
Metria, Childbirth3...3............3............12...
Carbuncle.............................................
Influenza.............................................
Diarrhœa & Dysenterv33...21...3..................12
Cholera.............................................
Totals of Zymotic Class362313718431311...141912
2. Tubercular188102......5832...1278
3. Of Brain, Nerves, &c.25141177...15316......4813
4. Of the Heart, &c.20119............54101...299
5. Of Respiratory Organs402515109...19351123...928
6. Of Digestive Organs15693......416311...77
7. Of Urinary Organs853............143...1142
8. Of Organs of Generation.............................................
9. Of Joints, Bones, &c..............................................
10. Of Skin2...2...1...1...1.........11...
11. Premature Birth, Low Vitality, Malformation, &c.126612......12...............228
12. Of Uncertain Seat3...3.........1......2...2...1...
13. Age1046..................461144
14. Violence65111...31...2.........24
15. Not Specified7252......2113.........16
Totals20210993443649326264710101774101