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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 1866

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

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Table: STATISTICS OF MORTALITY.

STATISTICS OF MORTALITY.

STREATHAM, including TOOTING & BALHAM. Population in 1861—10,082. Area in Statute Acres—3,465Total Deaths from each Class of Disease, &c., in the Sub-District.SexAgeSocial Position
Males.Females.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 & Training Class, Shopmen, Clerks, &c.Industrial and Laboring Classes.
DISEASES, And other Causes of Death
Classes:—
1. ZymoticSmall Pox1...1...1...1.....................1
Measles312...3...3.....................3
Scarlatina642...415...............114
Diphtheria11......1...1.....................1
Quinsy.............................................
Croup211...2...2.....................2
Whooping Cough73443...7..................25
Typhus and Infantile Fever927...2161...2......243
Erysipelas Metria,.............................................
Childbirth2...2............2............11...
Carbuncle.............................................
Influenza.............................................
Diarrhœa & Dysentery53212...3......2.........32
Cholera2...2...2...2........................
Totals of Zymotic Class3815235202304...4......41123
2. Tubercular19811...1121061......379
3. Of Brain, Nerves, &c.14861214145...1544
4. Of the Heart, &c.1028...............55.........64
5. Of Respiratory Or- gans40251579...1653142...31225
G. Of Digestive Organs422............121.........4...
7. Of Urinary Organs .44...............1111......31
8. Of Organs of Gene ration1...1...............1............1...
9. Of Joints, Bones, &c..............................................
10. Of Skin.............................................
11. Premature Birth, Low Vitality, Mal formation, &c.1192101...11...............155
12. Of Uncertain Seat123911...2136......165
13. Age1385..................67...274
14. Violence4221......111...1.........4
15. Not Specified3122......2...1............12
Totals17387862734468242743111196786