London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1873
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth District, The Board of Works (Clapham, Putney, Streatham, Tooting & Wandsworth)]
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Social Position.—As will readily be anticipated, the
industrial and labouring classes greatly preponderate when
the relative position in life of those dying in this division
is taken into consideration.
Thus, in 1873, there were of the
Nobility and Gentry 13
Professional Class 4
Middle and Trading Class 111
Industrial and Labouring Class 450
Total - 578
Therefore the Industrial Classes contribute rather
more than three-fourths of the total number.
Zymotic, Epidemic, or Preventable Diseases.—From
these diseases 120 deaths were registered in 1873, being
fewer by six than in the previous year, and are here given
in the order of their frequency—
Diarrhœ
a and Cholera 31
Measles23
Fever of various kinds 18
Whooping Cough 15
Diseases of Childbirth 14
Small Pox 8
Croup 4
Scarlatina3
Erysipelas3
Diphtheria1
Total - 120
The mortality from Zymotic disease is 3.8 per thousand
persons living, and is less than that of 1872 by 0.6
per thousand.
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