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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.
Summary of Deaths in each Sub-District during the Quarter, ending 27th June, 1857.
Classified according to Age, Sex, and Social Position.
| DISEASES. | Sub-Districts. | Sex. | Age. | Social Position. | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ulapham—Population I6,290 Area in Acres 1233. | Wandsworth—Population 9611 Area in Acres 2478. | Battersea—Population 10,560 Area in Acres 2343. | Putney—Population 5280 Area in Acres 2176. | Stmitham, including Tooting and Balhara—Population 9,023. Area in Acres, 3465. | Males. | Females. | Total. | Under I 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 ape. | At 60 and under 80 years of age | 80 years and upwards. | 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 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | .. | ... | 1 | |
| 3. Scarlatina and Ma lignent Sone Throat | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ... | 2 | 1 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | |
| 4. Hooping Cough | 1 | 1 | 5 | ... | 1 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 11 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 5 | 6 |
| 5. Diarrhoea & Dysentry | 2 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 5 | 5 | ... | 2 | 1 | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 |
| 6. Cholera, (English) | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| 7. Fever | 1 | i | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | |||
| 8. Erysiplsa | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ||
| 9. Puerperal Fever | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | |
| 10. Lung Diseases, ex cept Phthistis | 14 | 5 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 25 | 43 | 18 | 8 | ... | 27 | 3 | 6 | 7 | ... | 4 | 15 | 24 | |
| 11. Phthisis | 16 | 9 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 26 | 22 | 48 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 23 | 12 | 5 | ... | 1 | 1 | 16 | 30 |
| 12. Hydrocephalus, Atrophy, Scrofula, and the Convul sions of Children | 10 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 26 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 26 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 8 | 18 |
| 13. Other Diseases | 28 | 24 | 32 | 6 | 9 | 50 | 49 | 99 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 32 | 9 | 2 | 9 | 28 | 60 |
| 14. Violence, Privation, & Premature Birth | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 2 | ... | 10 | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 12 |
| Totals. | 81 | 50 | 79 | 22 | 25 | 130 | 127 | 257 | 59 | 33 | 11 | 113 | 48 | 40 | 46 | 10 | 4 | 16 | 73 | 164 |