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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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STATISTICS OF MORTALITY.
| CLAPHAM. | Total Deaths from each Class of Disease, &c., in the Sub-District. | Sex | Age | Social Position | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population in 1871—27,347. Estimated Population in middle of year 1874— 29,444. Area in Acres—1,233. | Males. | Females. | Under 1 year. | From 1 to 5 years. | From 5 to 10 years. | Under 20 year, including all under l0 years. | At 20, and under 40 years of age. | At 40 and under 60 years of age. | At 60 and under 80 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. Zymotic | Small Pox | ||||||||||||||||
| Measles | 20 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 20 | 3 | 17 | ||||||||
| Scarlatina | 33 | 22 | 11 | 2 | 20 | 8 | 33 | 3 | 7 | 23 | |||||||
| Diphtheria | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Quinsy | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Croup | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Whooping Cough | 15 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Typhus, &c. | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |||||||||
| Erysipelas | 5 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |||||||||
| Metria, Clildbirth | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Carbuncle | |||||||||||||||||
| Influenza | |||||||||||||||||
| Diarrhœa, etc. | 25 | 18 | 7 | 20 | 3 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 18 | ||||||
| Cholera | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Totals of Zymotic Class | 125 | 70 | 55 | 40 | 51 | 15 | 111 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 23 | 97 | |||
| 2. Tubercular1 | 71 | 29 | 42 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 27 | 94 | 3 | 7 | 40 | |||||
| 3. Of Brain, Nerves, &c. | 35 | 18 | 22 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 8 | 12 | 15 | |||||
| 4. Of the Heart, &c. | 29 | 14 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 12 | 14 | |||||
| 5. Of Respiratory Organs | 73 | 32 | 41 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 28 | 5 | 18 | 9 | 23 | 41 | |||||
| 6. Of Digestive Organs | 26 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 10 | |||||
| 7. Of Urinary Organs | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||
| 8. Of Organs of Generation | 7 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |||||||||||
| 9. Of Joints, Bones, &c. | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | |||||||||||
| 10. Of Skin | 5 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||||||
| 11. Premature Birth, Low Vitality, Malformation, &c. | 71 | 44 | 27 | 60 | 6 | 5 | 71 | 4 | 13 | 54 | |||||||
| 12. Of Uncertain Seat . | 11 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | |||||||
| 13. Age | 37 | 10 | 27 | 9 | 28 | 8 | 12 | 17 | |||||||||
| 14. Violence | 1° | 6 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | ||||||||
| 15. Not Specified | 15 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 4 | |||||
| Totals | 528 | 251 | 277 | 131 | 76 | 32 | 257 | 60 | 89 | 88 | 34 | 1 | 56 | 144 | 327 | ||
* Of the 71 deaths from Tubercular disease 49 were due to Phthisis.