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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: 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 50 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 and Laboring Classes.
DISEASES, And other Causes of Death
Classes: —
1. ZymoticSmall Pox1...1.................................1
Measles211...2...2.....................2
Scarlatina312...1121...............3...
Diphtheria624......56...............114
Quinsy.............................................
Croup1...1...1...1.....................1
Whooping Cough42222...4...............121
Typhus and Infantile Fever1...1......11.....................1
Erysipelas1...1...1...1.....................1
Metria, Childbirth.............................................
Carbuncle.............................................
Influenza.............................................
Diarrhœa & Dysentery11389...110......1.........56
Cholera.............................................
Totals of Zymotic Class309211178272...1......21117
2. Tubercular201282417103......1...127
3. Of Brain, Nerves, &c.2517854213325224136
4. Of the Heart, &c.191181......143922278
5. Of Respiratory Organs2410144329...663...1914
6. Of Digestive Organs431......11...12...1...12
7. Of Urinary Organs211..................2......11...
8. Of Organs of Generation.............................................
9. Of Joints, Bones, &c..............................................
10. Of Skin.............................................
11. Premature Birth, Low Vitality, Malformation, &c.8447...18............2...33
12. Of Uncertain Seat835...............431...242
13. Age1064..................463...61
14. Violence413...2...21...1.........31
15. Not Specified6424......4...11.........33
Totals1608179342015722020341411127304

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