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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 1875

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth District, The Board of Works (Clapham, Putney, Streatham, Tooting & Wandsworth)]

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Table: STATISTICS OF MORTALITY.

STATISTICS OF MORTALITY.

CLAPHAM.Total Deaths from each Class of Disease, &c., in the Sub-District.SexAgeSocial Position
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
Classes :—
1. Zymotic''Small Pox2111......1...1...............2
Measles312...213...................12
Scarlatina22913215522................1417
Diphtheria624...516..................24
Quinsy.............................................
Croup3213.......3.....................3
Whooping Cough17125125...17..................215
Typhus, &c.2...2...1...11..................2
Erysipelas2...21......1...1.........1...1
Metria, Childbirth2...2............2...............11
Carbuncle.............................................
Influenza.............................................
Diarrhoea, etc.21138143115...21.........417
Cholera1...11......1.....................1
Totals of Zymotic Class.8140413431873341......21465
2. Tubercular184434181143232182......52356
3. Of Brain, Nerves, &c.6333302895431982...41742
4. Of the Heart, &c.37191822156719......41320
5. Of Respiratory Organs.11054563019554514352...82676
6. Of Digestive Organs422418491154158......51225
7. Of Urinary Organs1358.... . ....2218......346
8. Of Organs of Generation2...2............2...............2...
9. Of Joints, Bones, &c.1......1.....................1...1......
10. Of Skin33...• ••......2.........1.........12
11. Premature Birth, Low Vitality, Malformation, &c.48222648......48...............1839
12. Of Uncertain Seat7342......13...22.........34
13. Age291118...................920...51113
14. Violence11743......52211......29
15. Not Specified179811...34541...1214
Totals548273275162822528561779827...39138371

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* Of the 84 deaths from Tubercular disease 61 were due to Phthisis.