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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.
| STREATHAM, including TOOTING & BALHAM. Population in 1871—14,475. Estimated Population middle of 1874—15,905 Area in Statute Acres—3,465. | Total Deaths from each Class of Disease, &c., in the Sub-District. | Sex | Age | Social 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 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 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Measles | 9 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | |||||||||
| Scarlatina | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| Diphtheria | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Quinsy | |||||||||||||||||
| Croup | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||
| Whooping Cough | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Typhus and other Fevers | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Erysipelas | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Metria, Childbirth | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Carbuncle | |||||||||||||||||
| Influenza | |||||||||||||||||
| Diarrhoea & Choleraic Disease | 6 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | |||||||||
| Totals of Zymotic Class | 33 | 15 | 18 | 6 | 13 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 17 | |||||
| 2. Tubercular* | 35 | 18 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 14 | |||||
| 3. Of Brain, Nerves, &c. | 42 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 19 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 15 | ||||
| 4. Of the Heart, &c— | 17 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 8 | |||||||||
| 5. Of Respiratory Organs | 47 | 19 | 28 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 26 | 15 | ||
| 6. Of Digestive Organs | 17 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | |||||
| 7. Of Urinary Organs | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 8. Of Organs of Gene ration | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| 9. Of Joints, Bones, &c. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 10. Of Skin | |||||||||||||||||
| 11. Premature Birth, Low Vitality, Malformation, &c. | 9 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 12 | 5 | |||||||||||
| 12. Of Uncertain Seat | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 13. Age | 8 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 14. Voilence | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||
| 15. Not Specified | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Totals | 230 | 111 | 116 | 43 | 26 | 4 | 80 | 42 | 41 | 48 | 10 | 5 | 26 | 114 | 85 | ||
* Of the Tubercular class of Diseases, 18 deaths appear to have resulted from Phthisis.