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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.

WANDSWORTH. Population in 1871-9,783. Official population in middle of 1878-4,440. 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 Pox.............................................
Measles44...2114............2...2
Scarlatina22...1...12..................11
Diphtheria431...224...............13
Quinsy.............................................
Croup8531528..................17
Whooping Cough63342...6.....................6
Typhus & Infantile Fever312......112...............3
Erysipelas11...1......1..................1
Metria, Childbirth1...1...............1...............1
Carbuncle.......................................• ••...
Influenza.............................................
Diarrhœa & Dysentery19109103...13...33.........513
Cholera.............................................
Totals of Zymotic Class48291919137392433837
2. Tubercular6027339222022159.171340
3. Of Brain, Nerres,&c.11161SO1311o282531259391980
4. Of the Heart, &c.19910......34661810
5. Of Respiratory Organs864442241314011724441?70
6. Digestive Organs2914154274106221116
7. Orinary Organs422...11329,
8. Of Organs of Generation4...4..................4.........13
9. Of Joiuts, Bones, &c.11...............1...............1...
10. Of Skin..........................................
11. Premature Birth, LowVitality, Mai- formation, &c.1812617......18..................414
12. Of Uncertain Seat..143111......1157...2...48
13. Age1477.........6821110
14. Violence131211...1336158
15. Not Specified11...1......1.....................1
Totals42222220089421316173848717122289299