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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 1878

[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.

CLAPHAM. Population in 1871—27,347. Official Population in middle of year 1878— 32,031. Area in Acres—1,233.Total 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 10yearn.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.
DISEASES And other Causes of Death
Classes:—
1. ZymoticSmall Pox .3...3......12......1......111
Measles231112616...23..................122
Scarlatina1257...3812..................57
Diphtheria33......213..................12
Quinsy..........................................
Croup44......4...4.....................4
Whooping Cough291217919129..................524
Typhus, &c.54111...22...1.........14
Erysipelas.............................................
Metria, Childbirth3...3............3...............12
Carbuncle.............................................
Influenza.............................................
Diarrhoea, etc.2614121410...241.........2519
Cholera211..................2............2
Totals of Zymotic Class .1105456305511996...5......32087
2. Tubercular7036366552226193......22048
3. 0f Brain, Nerves, &c.6029311211227512142...61440
4. Of the Heart, &c.4520253...15517162...51624
5. Of Respiratory Organs10657494423269410203...62476
6. Of Digestive Organs2010103......3179......3710
7. Of Urinary Organs .1064............136......352
8. Of Organs of Generation4...4...............13............4
9. Of Joints, Bones, &c.104623...811............37
10. Of Skin....................................1......
11. Premature Birth, Low Vitality, Malformation, &c. ...603525564...60...............11544
12. Of Uncertain Seat .321......11......2.........12
36729.....................1521...51714
14. Violence7521...1313............25
15. Not Specified391821...1...211224......81219
Totals58028329715710223299518511728...42156382