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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 1885
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth District, The Board of Works (Clapham, Putney, Streatham, Tooting & Wandsworth)]
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Deaths
in relation to
Social Position.
The following table represents the relative
proportions of the total deaths, as well as of
the deaths from Zymotic Diseases, borne by
the several classes of the inhabitants:—
| Social Position. | Total Deaths. | Deaths from Zymotic Diseases. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1886. | Decennial Average. | 1885. | Decennial Average. | |
| Nobility and Gentry | 3.18 | 3.53 | 1.03 | 1.13 |
| Professional Class, Merchants, Banters, &c. | 4.14 | 5.19 | 4.12 | 4.37 |
| Middle & Trading Classes, Clerks, &c. | 25.48 | 20.60 | 17.53 | 19.25 |
| Industrial and Labouring Classes | 67.20 | 70.68 | 77.32 | 74.75 |
| 100 .00 | 100.00 | 100 .00 | 100. 00 | |
The gradual reduction in the relative amount of
mortality borne by the labouring classes, which has been
noticeable for many years, is seen to have continued in
the past year, as regards the total amount, to the extent
of 3.48 per cent.; but, as might be anticipated from the
greater fatality that occurred from infective diseases,
which are always found to afflict those classes with
greatest severity, the amount of Zymotic mortality
suffered by them exceeded the average by 2.57 per cent.
Vaccination. In the annual Return of the Vaccination
Officer to the Local Government Board
specting the vaccination of children whose births occurred
in 1884, it appears that of 1,063 children born 939 were
successfully vaccinated, 3 were returned as "insusceptible,"
67 died unvaccinated, and 3 were postponed on
account of sickness, leaving 51, or 4.7 per cent., who had
removed to places unknown or which could not be reached.