Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth District, The Board of Works (Clapham, Putney, Streatham, Tooting & Wandsworth)]
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Total Deaths from all causes, including all deaths in
the Infirmary ••—
1872 1873 1874
644 674 686
The Death-rates per 1000, excluding Infirmary deaths
and its population: —
1872 1873 1874
17-0 17-6 17-2
From natural causes | 9 |
Accidental causes | 11 |
buicide | 3 |
Found dead | 3 |
Total | 26 |
Of the suicides one was by shooting, another by
poison, and the third by the deceased throwing himself
out of a window. The 3 found dead were all infants
newly born, one found in the river and two on Clapham
Common.
Nobility and Gentry | 1.6 |
Professional | 4.66 |
Middle and Trading | 15.89 |
Labouring | 77.85 100.00 |