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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.

WANDSWORTH.Total Deaths from each Class of Disease, &c., in the Sub-DistrictSexAGeSocial Position
Population in 1871—19,783. Estimated population in middle of 1877—23,806. Area in Acres—2,478.MalesFemalesUnder 1 yearFrom 1 to 5 yearsFrom 5 to 10 yearsUnder 20 years, including all under 10 yearsAt 20, and under 40 years of ageAt 40, and under 60 years of ageAt 60, and under 80 years of age80 years and upwardsNobility and GentryProfessional Class, Merchants, Bankers, &c.Middle and Trading Class, Shopmen, Clerks, &c.Industrial and Labouring Classes
DISEASES, And other causea of Death. Diseases Classified.
Classes :—
1. ZymoticSmall Pox.............................................
Measles............................................
Scarlatina211291135192............1614
Diphtheria......•••....................................
Quinsy.............................................
Croup ...................................................
Whooping Cough116565...11...............245
Typhus & Infantile Fever93611...531.........117
Erysipelas3122......2......1......111
Metria Childbirth3...3............3...............21
Carbuncle.............................................
Influenza.............................................
Diarrhoea & Dysentery16610103...1312......11410
Cholera.............................................
Totals of Zymotic Class6328352022550931...161838
2. Tubercular5410351132212094...13743
3. Of Brain, Nerves, &c.111044715742624362412101089
4. Of the Heart, &c21813.........24410l2...514
5. Of Respiratory Organs421923961161617212633
6. Digestive Organs1881021...3357...2349
7. Urinary Organs963.........2241...1224
8. Of Organs of Gene-ration...............3...3...1...1...2...............3
9. Of Joints, Bones, &c..............................................
10. Of Skin............................................
11. Prematurt Birth, LowVitality, Mal- formation, &c1911819......19..................415
12. Of Uncertain Seat1789...1...1...510l12410
13. Age.....................13211...............94......67
14. Violence...............1110131...5...42......110
15. Not Specified3213......3.....................3
Totals3841851998242121496378859112966278