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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.
| PUTNEY AND ROE HAMPTON. | Total Deaths from each Class of Disease, &c., in the Sub-Disrrict. | Sex. | Age. | Social Position. | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population (Census) 1871— 9,439. Estimated population in middle of the year 1S74— 10.396. Area in Statute Acres--'2,l76. | Males. | Females. | Under 1 year. | From 1 to 5 years. | From 5 to 1® 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 & Labouring Classes. | |||
| DISEASES, And other causes of Death. | |||||||||||||||||
| Classes:— | |||||||||||||||||
| 1. Zymotic | Small Pox | ||||||||||||||||
| Measles | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Scarlatina | |||||||||||||||||
| Diphtheria | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Quinsy | |||||||||||||||||
| Croup | |||||||||||||||||
| Whooping Cough | |||||||||||||||||
| Typhus and other Fevers | |||||||||||||||||
| Erysipelas | |||||||||||||||||
| Metria, Childbirth | |||||||||||||||||
| Carbuncle | |||||||||||||||||
| Influenza | |||||||||||||||||
| Diarrhœa & Choleraic Disease. | 6 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | |||||||||
| Totals of Zymotic Class | 10 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 6 | |||||||
| *2. Tubercular | 8 | l6 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | ||||||
| 3. Of Brain, Nerves, &c. | 21 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 1 | l6 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 13 | |||
| 4. Of the Heart, &c | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |||||
| 5. Of Respiratory Organs | 30 | 18 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 18 | |||||
| 6. Digestive Organs | 11 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | |||||||
| 7. Urinary Organs | 3 | 3 | 1 | l | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 8. Of Organs of Generation | |||||||||||||||||
| 9. Of Joints, Bones, &c. | |||||||||||||||||
| 10. Of Skin | |||||||||||||||||
| 11. Premature Birth, Low Vitality, Malformation, &c. | 7 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 3 | |||||||||||
| 12. Of Uncertain Seat | 6 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 13. Age | 6 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||
| 14. Violence | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | |||||||||
| 15. Not Specified | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Totals | 156 | 80 | 76 | 37 | 17 | 3 | 62 | 27 | 29 | 31 | 7 | 17 | 21 | 56 | 62 | ||
* Of the Tubercular class of diseases there were 17 deaths registered as being due to Pulmonary
hthisis.