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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 1871

[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.Total Deaths from each Class of Disease, &c., in the Sub-District.SexAgeSocial Position
Population in 1871—27,348. Population in 1861—20,894.Males.Females.Under 1 year.From 1 to 5 years.From 5 to 10 years.Under 20 years, includingall 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, Hankers, &c.Middle Trading Class, Shopmen, Clerks, &c.Industrial and Laboring Classes.
Increase in 10 years—6,458.
Area in Acres—1,233.
DISEASES
And other Causes of Death
Classes :—
1. Zymotic
Small Pox.9445491522125422144...181669
Measles2...211...2..................2...
Scarlatina201552143191............2513
Diphtheria.321...1121.........1......2
Quinsy1...1...1...1..................1...
Croup22......2...2..................11
Whooping Cough1899810...18..................117
Typhus, &c.1046...22611114...24
Erysipelas4221......1...21......112
Metria, Childbirth7...7.........16............133
Carbuncle.............................................
Influenza.............................................
Diarrhœa & Dysentery311219204...25...13222918
Cholera.............................................
Totals of Zymotic Class1929110147571813131189381441129
2. Tubercular159322794...1526171...131837
3. Of Brain, Nerves, &c.56253148214511224532127
4. Of the Heart, &c.4322211...25612182471418
5. Of Respiratory Organs102505223174463163168103252
6. Of Digestive Organs30121831...4312101341211
7. Of Urinary Organs22.....................2.........2...
8. Of Organs of Generation.............................................
9. Of Joints, Bones.&c.3...3...1...1...11......2...1
10. Of Skin22............11...............11
11. Premature Birth, Low Vitality, Malformation, &c.653827594...641.........171245
12. Of Uncertain Seat1...1...............1...............1
13. Age301020..................151564911
14. Violence422...112...2.........121
15. Not Specified157811...216511167
Totals60429331114894272857796114323756170341

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* Of the 59 deaths from Tubercular disease 46 were due to Phthisis,