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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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so far as the mortality test can be brought to bear upon
the question.
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| PUTNEY and ROEHAMPTON. Population in 1861—6,481. Area in Statute Acres—2,176. | Total Deaths from each Class of Disease, &c. in the Sub-District | Six. | Age. | Social Position | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males | Females. | 1 Under 1 year. | From 1 to 5 years. | From 5 to 10 years. | Under 20 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 Gentry. | Professional Class, Merchants, Bankers,&c. | 1 Middle & Trading Class, Shopmen, Clerks, &c. | Industrial & Labouring Classes. | |||
| DISEASES, And other Causes of Death. | ||||||||||||||||
| Classes | Small Pox | |||||||||||||||
| Measles | ||||||||||||||||
| Scarlatoma | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Diphtheria | 1 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Quinsy | ||||||||||||||||
| Croup | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Whooping Cough | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| L Zymotic | Typhus and Infantile Fever | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Erysipelas | ||||||||||||||||
| Metria, Childbirth | ||||||||||||||||
| Carbuncle | ||||||||||||||||
| Influenza | ||||||||||||||||
| Diarrhœa & Dysentery | 5 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||||
| Cholera | ||||||||||||||||
| Totals of Zymotic Class | 16 | 4 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ... | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | |
| 2. Tubercular | 13 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 | ... | 5 | 7 | 1 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 3 | 8 | |
| 3. Of Brain and Nerves | 10 | 5 | 5 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | |
| 4. Of Heart | 7 | 4 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 2 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 4 | |
| 5. Of Respiratory Oragans | 16 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 1 | ... | 4 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 5 | |
| 6. Of Digestive Organs | 11 | 3 | 8 | 2 | ... | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | ... | ... | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| 7. Of Urinary Organs | 4 | 1 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | 3 | ... | |
| 8. Of Organs of Generation | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ||
| 9. Of Joints, Bones, &c | 3 | ... | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | |
| 10. Of Skin | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
| 11. Premature Birth, Low Vitality, Malforma- tion, &c | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | ... | ... | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 3 | |
| 12. Of Uncertain Seat | 6 | ... | 6 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | ... | 1 | ... | 4 | 1 | ||
| 13. Age | 7 | 4 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 3 | ... | ... | 2 | ||
| 14. Violence | 4 | 3 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 3 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 2 | |
| 15. Not Specified | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 2 | |
| Totals | 107 | 41 | 66 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 35 | 18 | 18 | 30 | 6 | 12 | 10 | 32 | 53 | |
As the above table has been constructed in such a
manner as to admit of ready comparison with those of
previous years, and as most of the points upon which