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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The following table gives the number of deaths registered during 1861 from all causes, and amongst all classes, together with the sex, and ages at death at eight different periods.
CLAPHAM. | Sex. | Age. | Social Position. | |||||||||||||
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Population in 1861, 20,890. Area in Acres, 1,233. | 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. | Proiessional Class, Merchants, Bankers, &c. | Middle and Trading Class, Shopmen, Clerks, &c. | Industrial and Labouring Classes. | |
DISEASES. And other causes of Death | ||||||||||||||||
Classes:— | ||||||||||||||||
Small-Pox | 4 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
Searlatina | 9 | 13 | 22 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 22 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 4 | 17 | |
Diphtheria | 8 | 5 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 8 | 5 | |
Quinsey | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | |
Croup | 2 | ... | 2 | ... | 2 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | |
Whooping Cough | 7 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 7 | ... | 14 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 12 | |
1. Zymotic | Typhus and Infantile Fever | 2 | 3 | 5 | ... | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Erysipelas Metria | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ... | ... | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | |
Childbirth | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | |
Influenza | ... | 3 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | |
Diarrhœa | 12 | 4 | 16 | 15 | ... | ... | 15 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 3 | 12 | |
Total | 47 | 39 | 86 | 32 | 28 | 13 | 78 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ... | 5 | 21 | 60 | |
2. Tubercular | 26 | 30 | 56 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 16 | 12 | 1 | ... | ... | 4 | 16 | 36 | |
3. Of Brain and Nerves | 17 | 21 | 38 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 2 | ... | 2 | 12 | 24 | |
4. Of Heart | 8 | 10 | 18 | 1 | 1 | ... | 5 | 3 | 6 | 4 | ... | ... | 3 | 8 | 7 | |
5. Of Respiratory Organs | 26 | 29 | 55 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 6 | 9 | 16 | ... | ... | 2 | 19 | 34 | |
6. Of Digestive Organs | 14 | 12 | 26 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 6 | ... | ... | 2 | 7 | 17 | |
7. Of Urinary Organs | 5 | 6 | 11 | 1 | ... | ... | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | ... | ... | ... | 6 | 5 | |
8. Of Organs of Generation | ... | 3 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | |
9.Of Joints, Bones, &c. | 2 | 3 | 5 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
10. Of Skin | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | |
11. Premature Birth,Low Vitality, Malforma tion, &c. | 20 | 14 | 34 | 30 | 3 | 1 | 34 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 9 | 25 | |
12. Of Uncertain Seat | 6 | 6 | 12 | 3 | ... | ... | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | ... | ... | 4 | 8 | |
18. Age | 12 | 16 | 28 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 8 | 19 | ... | 2 | 12 | 14 | |
14. Violence | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | 1 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 5 | |
15. Not specified | 2 | 9 | 11 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | 7 | 1 | ... | ... | 2 | 3 | 6 | |
Total | 188 | 202 | 390 | 118 | 47 | 27 | 217 | 37 | 53 | 60 | 23 | ... | 23 | 121 | 246 |
PREVALENCE AND FATALITY OF ZYMOTIC DISEASES.
In the past year a large amount of zymotic disease was noted as
prevailing in Clapham, but the above table shows that but
comparatively few of the cases treated proved fatal—indeed the