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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.

STREATHAM, INCLUDING TOOTING & BALHAM. Population in 1871-14,475. Estimated Population middle of 1877—17,227. Area in Statute Acres—3,465. DISEASES, And other Causes of Death.Total 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 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.
Classes:—
1. ZymoticSmall Pox44...1...2...2............22
Measles2...2...2...2..................11
Scarlatina1...1.........1.....................1
Diphtheria3...3...113.....................3
Quinsy.............................................
Croup11......1...1.....................1
Whooping Cough62433...6..................33
Typhus and other Fevers5321......1...12.........14
Erysipelas.............................................
Metria, Childbirth3...3............21.........1...2
Carbuncle.............................................
Influenza.............................................
Diarrhoea & Choleraic Disease4133......3......1............4
Totals of Zymotic Class29111878119343......1721
2. Tubercular2381623...6134......13415
3. Of Brain, Nerves, &c.33231066...143862271014
4. Of the Heart, &c33141912...331115145816
5. Of Respiratory Organs36191727...1010583361314
6. Of Digestive Organs25141143...7594...7378
7. Of Urinary Organs .734...............16...2221
8. Of Organs of Generation11...11............29......2522
9. Of Joints, Bones, &c.752.........11...5...1132
10. Of Skin2111......1...1......1......1
11. Premature Birth, Low Vitality, Malformation, &c.15510114...15...............1410
12. Of Uncertain Seat44...1......2...2.........112
13. Age1468..................682336
14. Violence63221...32............3...2
15. Not Specified.............................................
Totals244116128373418142545314254164114
* Of the Tubercular class of Diseases, 15 deaths appear to have resulted from Phthisis. E 2