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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 1868

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

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Table: From the following table (the construction of which from the manuscript weekly returns furnished by the Registrar General to all the Metropolitan Medical Officers of Health, is a work of considerable nicety and labour) may be gathered the number, the sex, the ages, and the social positions of all who have died in the Sub-district within the year under review, and it will also be found to afford a considerable amount of other information interesting to the sanitarian.

From the following table (the construction of which from the manuscript weekly returns furnished by the Registrar General to all the Metropolitan Medical Officers of Health, is a work of considerable nicety and labour) may be gathered the number, the sex, the ages, and the social positions of all who have died in the Sub-district within the year under review, and it will also be found to afford a considerable amount of other information interesting to the sanitarian.

CLAPHAM. Population in 1861—20,894. Area in Acres—1,233.Total Deaths from each Class of Disease, &c., in the Sub-District.SexAgeSocial Position
MalesFemalesUnder 1 yearFrom 1 to 5 yearsFrom 5 to 10 yearsUnder 20 years, including all underl0 yearsAt 20, and under 40 years of ageAt 40 and under 60 years of ageAt 60 and under 80 years of age80 years and upwardsNobility and GentryProfessional Class, Merchants, Hankers, &c.Middle & Trading class, Shopmen, Clerks, &c.Industrial and Laboring Classes
DISEASES And other Causes of Death
Classes:—
1. ZymoticSmall Pox.............................................
Measles94536...9...............117
Scarlatina1477110314...............158
Diphtheria.7341427..................16
Quinsy11...............1..................1
Croup321...3...3...............1...2
Whooping Cough251213813425...............1321
Typhus, &c.261412131106541...11114
Erysipelas6241......1212......123
Metria, Childbirth4...4............31.........112
Carbuncle.............................................
Influenza1...1..................1......1......
Diarrhœa & Dysentery271611214...25......11...3618
Cholera11.....................1.........1...
Totals of Zymotic Class12462623643109412792...113182
2. Tubercular4824242211119144.........1632
3. Of Brain, Nerves, &c.4522234651541016......81522
4. Of the Heart, &c.301515111539121...31215
5. Of Respiratory Organs522824188128...7134231433
6. Of Digestive Organs168862...8134......1411
7. Of Urinary Organs321......111...1.........12
8. Of Organs of Generation431...............13......112
9. Of Joints, Bones, &c.33......112...1...............3
10. Of Skin211.........11...............11
11. Premature Birth, Low Vitality, Malformation, &c.533320406153...............11141
12. Of Uncertain Seat211...............1...1.........2
13. Age38830..................2018181019
14. Violence11..................1...............1
15. Not Specified29141543110487......41213
Totals450225225117722222845628926340128279