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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 1860
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth District, The Board of Works (Clapham, Putney, Streatham, Tooting & Wandsworth)]
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The subjoined table gives the number of deaths from all causes, and amongst all classes, ages, &c., that have been registered during the year in this sub-district.
| BATTERSEA. Population in 1861, 19,852. Area in statute acres, 2,343. DISEASES, And other Causes of Death. | Sex. | Age. | Social Position. | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males. | 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 60 Years of age | At 60, and under 80 Years of age. | | 80 Years and upwards. | Nobility and Gentry. | Professional Class, Merchants, Bankers, &c. | Middle & Trading Class. Shopmen. Clerks, &c. | Industrial and Labouring Classes. | ||
| Classes:- | ||||||||||||||||
| 1. Zymotic | Small Pox | 5 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 9 |
| Measles | 4 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 13 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 12 | |
| Scarlatina. | 6 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 7 | ||
| Diphtheria | 4 | 4 | ... | 4 | ... | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 2 | |||
| Whooping Cough | 7 | 5 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 12 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 10 | |||||
| Typhus & Infantile Fever | 2 | 4 | 6 | ... | ... | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 5 | ||
| Erysipelas | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | |||
| Diarrhœa. | 7 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 8 | |||
| Cholera | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ||||||
| Total | 37 | 31 | 68 | 22 | 25 | 8 | 59 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 57 | |||
| 2. Tubercular | 8 | 8 | 16 | 12 | 4 | ... | 16 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ||
| 3. Of Brain, Nerves, &c. | 31 | 23 | 54 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 30 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 1 | ... | 2 | 13 | 39 | |
| 4. Of Heart | 10 | 14 | 24 | 4 | ... | 2 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 1 | ... | ... | 7 | 17 | |
| 5. Of Respiratory Organs | 56 | 65 | 121 | 30 | ... | 53 | 24 | 27 | 17 | ... | ... | ... | 17 | 104 | ||
| 6. Digestive Organs | 7 | 9 | 16 | 6 | ... | 1 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 4 | ... | ... | 1 | 6 | 9 | |
| 7. Of Urinary Organs | 4 | 1 | 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 2 | ... | ... | 2 | 3 | ||
| 8. Of Organs of Generation | ... | 4 | 4 | ... | ... | ... | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | |||
| 9. Of Joints, Bones, &c. | 2 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | |
| 10. Premature Birth, Low Vitality, Maiformation, &c. | 8 | 9 | 17 | 17 | 17 | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 14 | ||||||
| 11. Age | 13 | 15 | 28 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 15 | 13 | ... | 1 | 3 | 24 | ||
| 12. Violence | 14 | 4 | 18 | ... | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | ... | 2 | 2 | |||||
| 13. Not Specified. | 15 | 11 | 26 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 9 | ... | ... | 18 | |||
| Total | 205 | 194 | 399 | 112 | 60 | 14 | 202 | 45 | 65 | 71 | 16 | 6 | 65 | 260 | ||
Prevalence of, and Mortality from, Zymotic Diseases.
Diseases of the zymotic class have somewhat decreased, since the six principal
maladies of this class resulted in death in a less number of instances than
during 1859, the numbers being respectively 68 and 83.
Small pox proved fatal in ten cases, the majority of the sufferers having
been unvaccinated.
Scarlet fever and diphtheria have also been less fatal; they resulted in