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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 OP MORTALITY.

STATISTICS OP MORTALITY.

STREATHAM, including TOOTING & BALHAM. Population in 1871—14,475. Estimated Population middle of 1870—16,781 Area in Statute Acres—3,465. DISEASES, And other Causes of DeathTotal Deaths from each Class of Disease, &c., in the Sub-District.SexAgeSocial 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.
Classes:—
1. ZymoticSmall Pox.............................................
Measles22...11...2..................11
Scarlatina431...1231............2...2
Diphtheria6241215...1......1311
Quinsy.............................................
Croup11......1...1...............1......
Whooping Cough75234...7...............124
Typhus and other Fevers55.........1131............23
Erysipelas11..................1...............1
Metria, Childbirth2...2............2............11...
Carbuncle.............................................
Influenza.............................................
Diarrhoea & Choleraic Disease74342...6......1...2118
Totals of Zymotic Class352312911425631...39815
2. Tubercular*31191284116843...22918
3. Of Brain, Nerves, &c.39192084...1447122671016
4. Of the Heart, &c.1899.........1...51014428
5. Of Respiratory Organs522527114...15611182281329
6. Of Digestive Organs2212103......3171017159
7. Of Urinary Organs651.........1131......1...5
8. Of Organs of Gene- ration6...6...............51...1212
9. Of Joints, Bones, &c.211.........1......1...1......1
10. Of Skin.............................................
11. Premature Birth, Low Vitality, Malformation, &c. ,1486131...14...............1310
12. Of Uncertain Seat211..................111......1
13. Age231112..................16773310
14. Violence963...1...1242......135
15. Not Specified1...1..................1............1
Totals260139121522559128497814343957130

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* Of the Tubercular class of Diseases, 21 deaths appear to have resulted from Phthisis.