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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 1874

[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.

WANDSWORTH. Population inl871—19,783. Estimated population in middle of 1874. Area in Acres—2,478.Total Deaths from each Class of Disease, &e., in the Sub-DistrictSexAgeSocial Position
DISEASES, And other causes of Death. Diseases Classified.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, Shopmen, Clerks, &c.I Industrial and Labouring Classes
Classes:—
1 ZymoticSmall Pox.............................................
Measles145947213...1.........2210
Scarlatina211...2...2.....................2
Diphtheria.............................................
Quinsy.............................................
Croup43113...4..................22
Whooping Cough1971298219...............1315
Typhus & In fantile fever532...225..................14
Erysipelas6333......33...............24
Metria,Childbirth2...2............2..................2
Carbuncle.............................................
Influenza.............................................
Diarrhoea & Dysentery126682...10......2.........39
Cholera.............................................
Totals of Zymotic Class6428362524656512......31447
2. Tubercular542826114...2513124......2943
3. Of Brain, Nerves, &c.9954451162201737?41291177
4. Of the Heart, &c.322012...1...261212...33620
5. Of Respiratory Organs345628166...221221227651558
6. Digestive Organs218135...39354......1614
7. Urinary Organs.....22............1......1......1...1
8. Of Organs of Generation5...5...............32...1......4
9. Of Joints Bones, &c431.........112............22
10. Of Skin22...2......2.....................2
11. Premature Birth,Low Vitality, Malformation, &c. )29161329...29............1...622
12. Of Uncertain Sea20614...1...1496...32312
13. Age23617..................12111...616
14. Violence12392...158112...327
15. Not Specified2112......2..................11
Totals4532332201034212175641039021172981326