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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 1869

[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.

CLAPHAM. Population in 1861—20,894. Area in Acres—1,233. DISEASES And other Causes of DeathTotal 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, in cludingall 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 & Trading Class, Shopmen, Clerks, &c.Industrial and Laboring Classes.
Classes:-
1. ZymoticSmall Pox1064...7...721...............10
Measles22......2...2...............1...1
Scarlatina2916133214281............2720
Diphtheria..............................................
Quinsy.............................................
Croup312...3...3..................21
Whooping Cough2918111316...29..................524
Typhus, &c.1798234102311......413
Erysipelas.11...............1...............1...
Metria, Childbirth4...4.........13...............13
Carbuncle.............................................
Influenza.............................................
Diarrhœa & Dysentery291613205...25...211...21116
Cholera1...1............1..................1
Totals of Zymotic Class12569563857810510622...53189
2. Tubercular50222821...92993......31631
3. Of Brain, Nerves, &c.583127912124710161...91237
4. Of the Heart, &c.251213...216586......5614
5. Of Respirator Organs703535271514466131...12346
6. Of Digestive Organs135814...6...43......238
7. Of Urinary Organs1266...1...23421...363
8. Of Organs of Generation3...3...............21.........12
9. Of Joints, Bones, &c.431......13...1............22
10. Of Skin.............................................
11. Premature Birth, Low Vitality, Malformation, &c.664026633...66...............21945
12. Of Uncertain Seat927.........1...53......126
13. Age321319..................1418...10616
14. Violence9631215211......126
15. Not Specified32161654...9788......41117
Totals5082602481461011328069647223...46140322