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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 1870

[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—3,465Total 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.
DISEASES, And other Causes of Death
Classes: —
1. ZymoticSmall Pox.............................................
Measles11...1......1..................1...
Scarlatina171071102143.........12104
Diphtheria.............................................
Quinsy.............................................
Croup211...2...2...............11...
Whooping Cough21111...2.....................2
Typhus and Infantile Fever734...3151...1...1132
Erysipelas1...1..................1...............
Metria, Childbirth.............................................
Carbuncle.............................................
Influenza.............................................
Diarrhœa & Dysentery10647......7......3......253
Cholera.............................................
Totals of Zymotic Class40221810163314...5...262012
2. Tubercular2615115311411...1...111311
3. Of Brain, Nerves, &c.2314961...723101411 35
4. Of the Heart, &c.211011...2134311......2118
5. Of Respiratory Organs411724104...1456133311819
6. Of Digestive Organs11744......425......2234
7. Of Urinary Organs936.........1......713141
8. Of Organs of Generation.............................................
9. Of Joints, Bones, &c..............................................
10. Of Skin.............................................
11. Premature Birth, Low Vitality, Malformation, &c.116511......11............1172
12. Of Uncertain Seat716...............25...1...33
13. Age14104..................592264
14. Violence4131......11...2......211
15. Not Specified2111......11...............2...
Totals209107102482658730105914191910170