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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 1862

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth District, The Board of Works (Clapham, Putney, Streatham, Tooting & Wandsworth)]

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may be studied with great advantage, in connection with
the Tables in former annual reports, by such as desire to
mark the progress which this sub-district is making
towards the realization of the best hopes of sanitarians,
from the operation of the Metropolis Local Management
Act.

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STREATHAM, including TOOTING and BALHAM. Population in 1861—10,052. Area in Statute Acres—3,465.1 Total Deaths from each Class of | Disease, &c. in the Sub-District.Sex.Age.Social Position.
Males.Females.Under 1 year.| From 1 to 5 years.| From 5 to 10 yeara.Under20 years including all under 10 years.At 20, and under40 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 & Labouring Classes.
DISEASES, And other Causes of Death.
Classes:— 1. ZymoticSmall Pox..........................................
Measles..........................................
Scarlatina642...5...6.....................6
Diphtheria2...2...1...2...............2......
Quinsy11......1...1.....................1
Croup21111...2..................11
Whooping Cough.............................................
Typhus and Infantile Fever523...11221.........212
Erysipelas.............................................
Metria, Childbirth.............................................
Carbuncle.............................................
Influenza.............................................
Diarrhoea & Dysentery3...3...1...21...............12
Cholera.............................................
Totals of Zymotic Class1981121011531.........4312
2. Tubercular146812...5423......275
3. Of Brain and Nerves1651132...53161...664
4. Of Heart191092......32212......676
5. Of Respiratory Organs146843...7...26......248
6. Of Digestive Organs12571......134312226
7. Of Urinary Organs642...............33.........33
8. Of Organs of Generation3...3..................3......1...2
9. Of Joints, Bones, &c1.....................1......1.........
10. Of Skin...1.......................................
11. Premature Birth, Low Vitality, Malforma-tion, &c.6426......6..................15
12. Of Uncertain Seat22..................11.........2...
13. Age1248..................391164
14. Violence211............1...l............1
15. Not Specified321...............12......111
Totals12958711917242161842114254258