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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SUB-DISTRICTS. | Estimated Population in the middle of 1875. | Deaths. | Ratio of Deaths to Population. | Excluding Non- Parishioners who have Died in Public Institutions. |
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YEARS | Small Pox | Measles | Scarlet Fever | Diphtheria | Whooping Cough | Cholera | Diarrhæa | Fever—Typhus and Typhoid | Total Deaths From Epidemics | Total Deaths from all causes | Percentage of deaths from Epidemics to deaths from all causes |
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BATTERSEA EAST. Population June, 1874— 33,085. Estimated mean *population, 1875 —34,826. Area in Acres 1235. | Total Deaths from each Class of Disease, Ac., in the Sub-District. | Sex. | Age. | Social Position. | |||||||||||||
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Males. | Females. | Under 1 year. | From 1 to 5 years. | From 5 to 10 years. | From 10 to 20 years. | All under 20 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. |
BATTERSEA WEST. Population June, 1874— 32,135. Estimated mean population June, 1875— (52 weeks) 33,856, Area 1108 acres. | Total Deaths fron each Class of Disease, &c., in the Sub-District | Sex | Age | So 1a Position | |||||||||||||
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Males | Females | Under 1 year | From 1 to 5 years | From 5 to 10 years | From 10 to 20 years | All under 20 years | At 20, and under 40 years | At 40, and under 60 years | At 60, and under 80 years | 80 years and upwards | Nobility and Gentry | Professional Class, Merchants, Bankers, <fec. | Middle and Trading Class, Shopmen, Clerks, &c. | Industrial and Labouring Classes. |
1872. | 1873. | 1874. | 1875. |
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1872 | 1873 | 1874 | 1875 |
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Years | 1865 | 1866 | 1867 | 1868 | 1869 | 1870 | 1871 | 1872 | 1873 | 1874 | 1875 |
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CLAPHAM. | Total Deaths from each Class of Disease, &c., in the Sub-District. | Sex | Age | Social Position | ||||||||||||
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Population in 1871—27,347. Estimated Population in middle of year 1875— 31,541. Area in Acres—1,233. | Males. | Females. | Under 1 year. | From 1 to 6 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 |
STREATHAM, including TOOTING & BALHAM. Population in 1871—14,475. Estimated Population middle of 1875—17,335 Area in Statute Acres—3,465. | Total Deaths from each Class of Disease, &c., in the Sub·District. | Sex | Age | Social Position | |||||||||||
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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 |
YEARS. | Number of Deaths from all Causes. | No. of Deaths from Seven of the principal Epidemic Diseases. | Percentage of Deaths from seven principal Epidemics to Deaths from all causes. |
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PUTNEY and ROEHAMPTON. Population (Census) 1871— 9,439. Estimated population in middle of the year 1875— 10.691. Area in Statute Acres—2,176. DISEASES, And other causes of Death. | Total Deaths from cach Class of Disease, &c., in the Sub·District. | Sex. | Age. | Social Position. | ||||||||||||||
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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 & Labouring Classes. |
POPULATION of ENTIRE DISTRICT, As corrected by the Registrar General. Census 1871—125,060. Estimated Population for middle of year, 1875,— 148,297. Area in Statute Acres, 11,695. | Total Deaths from each Class of Disease, &c., in the entire District. | Sub·Districts. | Sex. | Age. | Social Positios | ||||||||||||||||
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Chapnam—Population in 1671, 27,347, area in acres, 1,233. | Wandsworth—Population in 1871, 19,783, area in acres, 2,478. | Battersea—Population in 1871, 54,016, area in acres, 2,348. | Putney—Population in 1871, 9,439, area in acres, 2,176. | Streatham, Tooting, and Balham—Population 1871, 14,475, area in acres, 3,465. | 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 and Trading Class, Shopmen, Clerks, &c. | Industrial and Labouring Classes. | |||
DISEASES, And other Causes of Death. |
SUB·DISTRICTS. | Males. | Females. | Total. |
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Deaths from the seven principal Epidemics in each Sub·District. | Entire District. | ||||||||
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Years. | Clapham. | Battersea. | Wandsworth. | Putney. | Streatham. | Total Deaths from the Seven Epidemics. | Total Deaths Registered from all causes. | Per centage of Deaths from the Seven Epidemics to Total Deaths. |
SUB-DISTRICTS. | Total Cases of Sickness treated in each Sub-district. | 1—Small Pox. | 2—Measles. | 3—Scarlatina and Malignant Sore Throat. | 4—Whooping Cough. | 5—Diarrhoea and Dysentery. | 6—Cholera. | 7—Fever. | 8—Erysipelas. | 9—Puerperal Fever. | 10—Lung Diseases except Phthisis. | 11—Phthisis. | 12—Hydrocephalic, AtroDhy, Scrofula, and Convulsions of Children. | 13—Other Diseases. | 14—Violence, Privation, and Premature Birth. | Total Deaths in each Sub-District | |||||||||||||||
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Cases. | Deaths. | Cases. | Deaths. | Cases. | Deaths. | Cases. | Deaths | Cases. | Deaths. | Cases. | Deaths. | Cases. | Deaths. | Cases. | Deaths. | Cases. | Deaths. | Cases. | Deaths. | Cases. | Deaths. | Cases. | Deaths. | Cases. | Deaths. | Cases. | Deaths |
Clapham. | Battersea. | Wandsworth. | Putney and Roehampton. | Streathara, including Tooting and Balham. | Totals. |
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