Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth District, The Board of Works (Clapham, Putney, Streatham, Tooting & Wandsworth)]
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APPENDIX OF STATISTICAL TABLES.
TABLE I.
Summary of Deaths and their Causes, registered in the entire District during 1874,
classified according to Sex, Age, and Social Position, and showing also the relative Numbers
in each Sub-District.
POPULATION
of
ENTIRE DISTRICT,
As corrected by the Registrar
General.
Total Deaths from each Class of Disease, &c.,
in the entire District.
Sub-Districts.
Sex.
Age.
Social Position.
| dapnain—Population iu 18<1, ■*',
area in acres, 1,233.
Wandsworth—Population in 1871, 19,783,
area in acres, 2,478.
Battersea—Population in 1871, 54,016,
area in acres, 2,348.
Putney—Population in 1871, 9,439, area
in acres, 2,176.
Streatham, Tooting, and Balham—Population
1871, 14,475, area in acres, 3,465.
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.
Proleshional Claas, Merchants, Rankers,
&c.
Middle and Trading Class, Shopmen,
Clerks, &c.
Industrial and Labouring Classes.
Census 1871—125,060.
Estimated Population for
middle of year, 1874,—
152,675.
Area in Statute Acres,
11,696.
DISEASES,
And other Causes of
Death.
Classes:—
I. Zymotic
Small Pox
5
...
...
3
...
2
3
2
1
1
...
3
2
...
...
...
...
1
2
2
Measles
66
20
14
20
3
9
28
38
16
40
6
65
...
1
...
...
...
3
9
54
Scarlatina
64
33
2
56
...
3
57
37
6
68
26
92
2
...
...
...
...
4
21
69
Diphtheria
12
4
...
6
...
1
8
4
...
7
2
10
1
1
...
...
...
1
4
7
Quinsy
2
2
...
...
...
...
1
1
1
...
...
1
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
2
Croup
40
7
4
25
...
4
26
14
9
28
3
40
...
...
...
...
...
1
8
31
Whooping
Cough
89
15
19
52
...
3
40
49
43
44
2
89
...
...
...
...
...
2
19
68
Typhus &
other
Fevers
48
6
5
35
...
2
26
22
...
12
6
29
5
9
5
...
...
...
11
37
Erysipelas
20
5
6
7
...
2
12
8
6
...
1
8
6
1
5
1
...
1
4
15
Metria,
Childbirth
34
6
2
25
...
1
...
34
...
...
...
...
27
7
...
...
...
4
11
19
Carbuncle
1
...
...
1
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
1
...
...
...
Influenza
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Diarrhcea &
Choleraic
Disease
117
27
12
66
6
6
70
47
83
13
1
97
8
5
7
...
1
3
24
89
Totals of Zymotic Class
528
125
64
296
10
33
272
256
165
208
47
434
51
24
18
1
2
20
113
393
2. Tubercular
469
71
54
285
24
35
251
218
164
32
12
237
135
82
14
1
8
25
118
323
3. Of Brain and Nerves
426
35
99
211
39
42
226
200
111
62
6
190
40
84
99
13
15
46
102
263
4. Of Heart
146
29
32
60
8
17
81
65
6
1
5
23
28
45
47
3
6
11
43
86
5. Of Respiratory Organs
541
73
84
307
30
47
280
261
138
86
10
239
49
106
122
25
16
26
118
381
6. Of Digestive Organs
111
26
21
36
11
17
52
59
16
3
5
30
16
38
26
1
...
11
44
56
7. Of Urinary Organs .
20
6
2
10
3
5
21
5
...
...
...
1
5
11
5
4
2
8
6
10
8. Of Organs of Generation
21
7
5
3
4
2
1
20
...
...
...
...
1
16
4
...
3
1
5
12
9. Of Joints, Bones. &e.
14
5
4
4
...
1
8
6
1
1
]
6
4
4
...
...
...
1
4
9
10. Of Skin
9
5
2
2
...
...
5
4
6
1
1
9
...
...
...
...
...
1
1
7
11. Premature Birth,
Low Vitality, M 1formation,
&c.
168
71
29
49
7
12
103
65
155
8
5
168
...
...
...
...
2
5
37
124
12. Of Uncertain Seat .
77
11
20
36
6
4
25
52
8
5
2
18
9
23
24
3
5
8
18
46
13. Age
106
37
23
32
6
8
32
74
...
...
...
...
...
...
46
60
4
13
33
56
14. Violence
75
12
12
39
6
6
47
28
12
8
4
39
18
10
5
3
2
3
9
61
15. Not Specified
79
15
2
59
2
1
38
41
3
16
10
44
5
19
9
2
1
3
13
62
Totals
2790
528
453
1429
156
230
1438
1358
777
452
l07
1438
361
462
419
116
66
181
550
1993