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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 1870

[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.

PUTNEY and ROEHAMPTON. Population in 1871—9,438. Population in 1861—6,481. Increase in 10 years—2,957. Area in Statute Acres—2,176. DISEASES, and other causesof Death.Total Deaths from each Class of Disease, &c., in the Sub-District.Sex.Age.Social 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 & Trading Class, Shopmen, Clerks, &c.Industrial & Labouring Classes.
Classes :-
ZymoticSmall Pox
Measles422134121
Scarlatina333312
Diphtheria11111
Quinsy
Croup
Whooping Cough31212312
Typhus & In fantile Fever
Erysipelas
Metria, Childbirth1111
Carbuncle
Influenza
Diarrhoea & Dysentery84433323131
Choleraic
Diarrhoea
Total of Zymotic Class20101059141324196
Tubercular1811741765711
3 Of Brain, Nerves, &c.181175271552358
Of the Heart, &c.93683654
Of Respiratory Organs3114177412612126518
Digestive Organs17982214103365
7 Urinary Organs532221122
8 Of Organs of Generation
Of Joints, Bones, &c.1111
Of Skin
Premature Birth, Low Vitality, Malformation, &c.8358826
Of Uncertain Seat52311211123
Age82617224
Violence4131314
Not Specified1111
Totals14571743317561325401113154572