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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 1876

[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.

WANDSWORTH. Population in 1871—19,783. Estimated population in middle of 1876—23,169. Area in Acres—2,478.Total Deaths from each Class of Disease, &c., in the Sub-DistrictSexAgeSocial Position
MalesFemalesUnder 1 yearFrom 1 to 5 yearsFrom 5 to 10 yearsUnder 20 years, including all under 10 yearsAt 20, and under 40 years of ageAt 40, and under 60 years of ageAt 60, and under 80 years of age80 years and upwardsNobility and GentryProfessional Class, Merchants, Bankers, &c.Middle and Trading Class, Shopmen, Clerks, &c.Industrial and Labouring Classes
DISEASES, And other causes of Death. Diseases Classified.
Classes :—
1. ZymoticSmall Pox1...1.........1..................1...
Measles17107215...17............1......17
Scarlatina1275...65111..................11
Diphtheria11............1.....................1
Quinsy.............................................
Croup312...3...3.....................3
Whooping Cough105544210..................19
Typhus & Infantile Fever1275...4174...............210
Erysipelas2111......11...............11
Metria, Childbirth4...4............4............13...
Carbuncle.............................................
Influenza.............................................
Diarrhœa & Dysentery1612483...11...41......439
Cholera22...11...2.....................2
Totals of Zymotic Class80463416368641051...151163
2. Tubercular64343012812819134...23851
3. Of Brain, Nerves, &c1257253136228214135...581597
4. Of the Heart, &c.26917.........156131141110
5. Of Respiratory Or gans583335188...2621217131846
6. Digestive Organs29101981111395114618
7. Urinary Organs651............2...4......123
8. Of Organs of Gene ration2...2............1...1......1...1
9. Of Joints Bones, &c..............................................
10. Of Skin.............................................
11. Premature Birth,Low Vitality, Malformation,&c.2214822......22..................418
12. Of Uncertain Seat186121......12510...22410
13. Age16610..................973148
14. Violence14113143932............113
15. Not Specified11...1......1.....................1
Totals46124721492631519168939910183074339