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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 1878

[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.Total Deaths from each Class of Disease, &c., in the Sub-District.SexAgeSocial Position
Population in 1871-14,475. Official Population middle of 1878-17,667. Area in Statute Acres-3,465Males.Females.Under 1 year.From 1 to 5 years.From 5 to 10 years.Under 20 vears, 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. ZymoticSmall Pox1...1............1...............1...
Measles116565...11..................38
Scarlatina22......112...............1...1
Diphtheria312...123..................12
Quinsy.............................................
Croup.............................................
Whooping Cough118374...11..................38
Typhus and other Fevers1...1...1...1.....................1
Erysipelas.............................................
Metria, Childbirth.............................................
Carbuncle...................................................
Influenza.............................................
Diarrhoea Choleraic Disease1385101112...1............210
Totals of Zymotic Class422517231344011.........21030
2. Tubercular*3014165421587......121116
3. Of Brain, Nerves, &c.57273021713147141172623
4. Of the Heart, &c.3114173......3411121221116
5. Of Respiratory Organs44222272...1049174251027
6. Of Digestive Organs2912172......24158...25139
7. Of Urinary Organs .761.........1132...1132
8. Of Organs of Gene ration2...2............11............11
9. Of Joints, Bones, &c.2...2..................2......11...
10. Of Skin..........................................
11. Premature Birth, Low Vitality, Malformation, &c.1789151...17...............2411
12. Of Uncertain Seat3...3............1...2...2......1
13. Age1789..................7103437
14. Violence3312...3..................21
15. Not Specified.............................................
Totals2841361487729712228526519143195144

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* Of the Tubercular class of Diseases, 17 deaths appear to have resulted from Phthisis.