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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.

STREATHAM, including TOOTING & BALHAM. Population in 1871—14,479. Population in 1861—10,082. Increase in 10 4,397. years Area in Statute Acres—3,465.' Total 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 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.
DISEASES, And other Causes of Death
Classes: —
1. ZymoticSmall Pox4131......1...3......2...11
Measles1...11......1........................
Scarlatina752...617..................25
Diphtheria11.........11..................1...
Quinsy.............................................
Croup11......1...1.....................1
Whooping Cough31221...3..................21
Typhus and Infantile Fever624...1...13...2...2...31
Erysipelas1...1..................1.........1...
Metria, Childbirth2...2............2...............11
Carbuncle.............................................
Influenza.............................................
Diarrhœa & Dysentery96381...9...............162
Cholera.............................................
Totals of Zymotic Class3517181210224533...411713
2. Tubercular2214851110921.........148
3. Of Brain, Nerves, &c.30131752192793311214
4. Of of the Heart, &c.1596...1...1149...1239
5. Of Respiratory Organs24101411......11...2742...1111
6. Of Digestive Organs12844......4...44...2154
7. Of Urinary Organs .3211......1...2............3...
8. Of Organs of Generation1...1...............1.........1......
9. Of Joints, Bones, &c..............................................
10. Of Skin.............................................
11. Premature Birth, Low Vitality, Malformation, &c.135813......13............11110
12. Of Uncertain Seat514...............2213......2
13. Age1697..................793...94
14. Violence1183.........25...31......56
15. Not Specified.............................................
Totals18796915114475222745181978081