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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 1872
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth District, The Board of Works (Clapham, Putney, Streatham, Tooting & Wandsworth)]
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STATISTICS OF MORTALITY.
| STREATHAM, including TOOTING & BALHAM. Population in 1871—14,475, Estimated Population middle of 1872—15,027 Area in Statute Acres—3,465. | 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 and Laboring Classes. | |||
| DISEASES, And other Causes of Death | ||||||||||||||||
| Classes:- | Small Pox | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Measles | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | |||||||
| Scarlatina | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Diphtheria | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Quinsy | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Croup Whooping | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
| 1. Zymotic | Cough Typhus and other | 8 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||||||
| Fevers | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 5 | |||||||
| Erysipelas Metria, | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Childbirth | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Carbuncle | ||||||||||||||||
| Influenza | ||||||||||||||||
| Diarrhœa & Dysentery | 8 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 1 | ... | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||||||
| Cholera | ||||||||||||||||
| Totals of Zymotic Class | 37 | 20 | 17 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 31 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 19 | ||||
| 2. Tubercular* | 38 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 10 | ||||
| 3. Of Brain, Nerves, &c. | 36 | 19 | 17 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 2 | 22 | 12 | ||||
| 4. Of the Heart, &c. | 18 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 4 | ||||||
| 5. Of Respiratory Or gans | 42 | 19 | 23 | 10 | 7 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 17 | ||
| 6. Of Digestive Organs | 15 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | ||||||
| 7. Of Urinary Organs | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 8. Of Organs of Generation | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| 9. Of Joints, Bones, &c. | ||||||||||||||||
| 10. Of Skin | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| 11. Premature Birth, Low Vitality, Malformation, &c. | 15 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | ||||||
| 12. Of Uncertain Seat | 8 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | ||||||||
| 13. Age | 11 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 4 | ||||||||
| 14. Violence | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |||||
| 15. Not Specified | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | I | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||
| Totals | 228 | 116 | 112 | 54 | 31 | 4 | 95 | 27 | 40 | 53 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 114 | 89 | |