London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1857
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth District, The Board of Works (Clapham, Putney, Streatham, Tooting & Wandsworth)]
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TABLE II
| DISEASES. | Sub-Districts. | Sex. | Age | Social Position. | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clapham—Population 16,290 Area in Acres 1233 | Wands worth— Population V611 Area in Acres 2478. | .Battersea— Population 10,560 Area in Acres 2343. | Putney—Population 5280 Area in Acres 2176. | Streatham, including Tooting and balham—Population 9,023. Area in Acres, 3465. | Male3. | Females. | Total. | 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 CO years of ape. | At 50 and under 80 years of age | 80 years and upward". | Nobility and Gentry. | Professional Class, Merchants Bankers, &c. | Middle and Trading Class, Shopmen, Clerks, &c. | Industrial and labouring Classes. | |
| 1. Small Pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| 2. Measles | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 |
| 3. Scarlatina and Malignant Sore Throat | 4 | 1 | 2 | ... | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | ... | 4 | 4 | 8 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 4 |
| 4. Hooping Cough | ... | ... | 9 | 1 | ... | 5 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 5 | ... | 10 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 7 |
| 5. Diarrhoea & Dysentry | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | |
| 6.Cholera | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| 7. Fever | 1 | ... | 3 | 1 | ... | 3 | 4 | 7 | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 1 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 4 |
| 8 Erysipelas | ... | 1 | ... | ... | .. | ... | 1 | i | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | |
| 9. Puerperal Fever | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | 2 | .. | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 |
| 10. Lung Diseases, ex- | 17 | 8 | 20 | 5 | 22 | 33 | 26 | 6 | ... | 28 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 46 | ||
| 11. Phthisis | 8 | 8 | S | 3 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 31 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 3 | ... | 1 | 1 | 8 | 21 |
| 12. Hydrocephalus, Atrophy, Scorfula, and the Convulsions of Children | 5 | 8 | 9 | 1 | ... | 17 | 6 | 23 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 22 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 3 | 19 |
| 13. Other Diseases | 27 | 40 | 38 | 12 | 6 | 61 | 62 | 123 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 18 | 34 | 34 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 31 | 82 |
| 14. Violence, Privation, & Premature Birth | 9 | 2 | 5 | ... | 8 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 9 | ... | 14 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ... | 1 | 2 | 2 | 14 | |
| Totals. | 74 | 71 | 95 | 23 | 21 | 144 | 140 | 284 | 64 | 33 | 9 | 120 | 37 | 59 | 52 | 16 | 12 | 11 | 60 | 201 |