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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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STATISTICS OF MORTALITY.
| CLAPHAM. Population in 1871—27,347. Estimated Population in middle of year 1873— 28,799. Area in Acres—1,233. DISEASES And other Causes of 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, in-cludingall under lOyears. | 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. | |||
| 5 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 10 | |||||||||||
| 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 14 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 14 | ||||||||||
| 10 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 8 | ||||||||
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 3 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| 24 | 12 | 12 | 18 | 2 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 16 | ||||||
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 73 | 29 | 44 | 27 | 26 | 6 | 60 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 55 | ||||
| 61 | 25 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 17 | 27 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 44 | |||||
| 51 | 28 | 23 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 26 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 4 | 24 | 23 | ||||
| 27 | 10 | 17 | 8 | 15 | 4 | 10 | 13 | |||||||||
| 93 | 22 | 15 | 3 | 41 | 5 | 15 | 29 | 3 | 6 | 25 | 62 | |||||
| 6. Of Digestive Organs | 13 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | ||||||
| 10 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |||||||
| 8. Of Organs of Generation | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||||
| 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 45 | 21 | 42 | 3 | 45 | 11 | 34 | ||||||||||
| 17 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | ||||||
| 34 | 10 | 24 | 8 | 9 | 9 | |||||||||||
| 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | ||||||||||
| 36 | 16 | 20 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 18 | |||||||
| 475 | 230 | 117 | 70 | 18 | 222 | 51 | 69 | |||||||||
| * Of the 61 deaths from Tubercular disease 44 were due to Phthisis. | ||||||||||||||||