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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 1880

[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 Disrate, Ac., in the Sub-District.Sex.Age.Social Position.
Population in 1871—10,783.
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 Claas, Merchants, Bankers, &c.Middle A Trading Class, Shopmen, Clerks, Ac.Industrial and Laboring Classes.
Population in 1881—28,008.
Official Population in middle of 1880—27,380.
Area in Acre.—2,478.
DISEASES,
And other causes of Death.
Disease. Classifled.
Classes:—
1. ZymoticSmallpox.............................................
Measles9633319..................36
Scarlatina2413113127231.........1...320
Diphtheria431...213......1...1......3
Quinsy.............................................
Croup725...617..................34
Whooping Cough1587510...15..................312
Fever651...136..................24
Erysipelas2...2...............11............2
Childbirth5...5............5...............14
Carbuncle.............................................
Influenza................................................
Diarrhœa A Dysentery20128122115......4111513
Cholera................................................
Totals of Zymotic Class924948233614786161312068
2. Tubercular60283211712518134...12134-4
3. Of Brain, Nerves, Ac1065551215432i 1633241342079
4. Of the Heart, Ac.231013......13396211615
5. Of Respira???y Organs8949402115...3951926...351368
6. Digestive Organs21101171...9246...11910
7. Urinary Organs1174......12531......236
8. Of Organs of Generation1...1...............1...............1
9. Of Joints, Bones, Ac312.........111......1...2...
10. Of Skin.............................................
11. Premature Birth, Low Vitality, Malformation, &c.27161127......27..................819
12. Of Uncertain Seat176111......3257...3266
13. Age231013..................9142...714
14. Violence11744117...4............38
15. Not Specified................................................
Totals4842482361156622226589389181818110338