Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth District, The Board of Works (Clapham, Putney, Streatham, Tooting & Wandsworth)]
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CLAPHAM. Population in 1861, 20,890. Area in Acres, 1,233. DISEASES. And other Causes of Death. | Sex. | Age. | Social Position. | |||||||||||||
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Males. | Females. | Total. | Under 1 Year. | From 1 to 5 Years. | From 5 to 10 Years. | Under20 Years including all under 10 Years. | 1 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 Oentry. | Professional Class, Merchants, Bankers, &c. | Middle & Trading Class, Shopmen. Clerks, &c. | Industrial ana Labouring Classes. | ||
Classes:- | ||||||||||||||||
1. Zymotic | Small Pox | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 4 | ||
Measles | 8 | 12 | 20 | 4 | 14 | 1 | 20 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 17 | |
Scarlatina | 11 | 13 | 24 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 24 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Diphtheria | .. | 9 | 9 | 1 | 5 | .. | 8 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 5 | |
Quinsey | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | ||
Croup | 4 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 4 | |
Whooping Cough. | 7 | 14 | 21 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 21 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 17 | |
Typhus& Infantile Fever | 4 | 2 | 6 | .. | 1 | 5 | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 3 | |
Erysipelas | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | .. | 4 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 4 | |
Metria, (Child-birth) | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
Carbuncle | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
Influenza | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | |||
Diarrhœa | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | .. | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
Total | 45 | 63 | 108 | 21 | 53 | 17 | 98 | 7 | 1 | 2 | .. | 3 | 22 | 83 | ||
2. Tubercular | 26 | 53 | 7 | 1 | 15 | 17 | 20 | 1 | .. | .. | 8 | 12 | 33 | |||
3. Of Brain and Nerves | 27 | 21 | 48 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 23 | 1 | 12 | 10 | .. | 4 | 16 | 28 | ||
4. Of Heart | 9 | 10 | 19 | .. | .. | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 2 | .. | 5 | 8 | 6 | |
5. Of Respiratory Organs | 26 | 35 | 61 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 29 | 3 | 9 | 19 | 1 | .. | 5 | 14 | 42 | |
6. Of Digestive Organs | 9 | 10 | 19 | 2 | 2 | .. | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | .. | .. | 3 | 7 | 9 | |
7. Of Urinary Organs | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | ||||
8. Of Organs of Generation | .. | 5 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 4 | |
9. Of Joints, Bones, &c. | .. | 4 | 4 | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | |
10. Of Skin | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||
11. Premature Birth, Low Vitality, Malformation, &c. | 15 | 14 | 29 | 28 | 1 | .. | 29 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 5 | 22 | |
12. Of Uncertain Seat | 6 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 7 | |
13. Age | 8 | 18 | 26 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 11 | 15 | .. | 4 | 12 | 10 | |
14. Violence | 3 | 7 | 1 | .. | 4 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 6 | |||
15. Not Specified | 17 | 19 | 36 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 2 | .. | 6 | 10 | 20 | |
Total | 196 | 233 | 429 | 89 | 95 | 28 | 234 | 43 | 61 | 70 | 21 | .. | 43 | 110 | 276 |