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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 1877

[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. Population in 1871-27,347. Estimated Population in middle of year 1877— 31,381. Area in Acres—1,233. DISEASES And other Causes of DeathTotal Deaths from each Class of Disease,,&c., in the Sub-District.SexAGESocial 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 CO 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.
Classes:-
1. ZymoticSmall Pox1266312642............210
Measles5323115..................14
Scarlatina4311124..................13
Diphtheria.............................................
Quinsy.............................................
Croup32112...3..................12
Whooping Cough1221066...12..................48
Typhus, &c.4...4...11211......1...21
Erysipelas Metria,3211......1...11......12
Childbirth2...2............2...............11
Carbuncle.............................................
Influenza1...1..................1...1.........
Diarrhoea, etc.1899152...17...1......1...710
Cholera.............................................
Totals of Zymotic Class6427373014660752...3...2041
2. Tubercular4623233421420102...211132
3. Of Brain, Nerves, &c47262157115581722131616
4. Of the Heart, &c.491930......271116132681619
5. Of Respiratory Organs8445392515440213194332454
6. Of Digestive Organs311714721103711...321412
7. Of Urinary Organs1349...1122351...265
8. Of Organs of Gene ration4...4............121.........22
9. Of Joints, Bones, &c312............111.........3...
10. Of Skin3213......3...............1...2
11. Premature Birth, Low Vitality, Malformation, &c.734231667...73...............32743
12. Of Uncertain Seat.............................................
13. Age281216...............119824148
14. Violence8621113122.........17
15. Not Specified141131...13623......245
Totals4672352321415219226597095172139158249
Of the 46 deaths due to Tubercular disease 36 were owing to Phthisis. D 2