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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.

PUTNEY AND ROEHAMPTON.Total Deaths from each Class of Disease, Ac., in the Sub-District.Sex.Age.Social Position.
Males.Females.Under 1 year.From 1 to 5 years.From 5 to 10 years.At 10, and under 20 years of age.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 & Labouring Classes.
Population (Census) 1871— 9,439.
Official population in middle of the year 1878— 11.697
Area in Statute Acres—2,176.
DISEASES, And other causes of Death.
Classes:—
1. ZymoticSmall Pox11......1........................1...
Measles7436............1.........214
Scarlatina.............................................
Diphtheria1...1...1........................1...
Typhus and Typhoid Fever1...1............i........................1
Remittent and other Fevers22...1......1..................11
Puerperal Diseases1...l...............1.........1......
Croup532221..................113
Influenza.............................................
Whooping Cough413121..................2...2
Erysipelas.............................................
Diarrhoea, Dysentery, & Cholera106482.....................334
Syphilis2112...........................11
Other Zymotic Diseases2...2...2........................11
Totals of Zymotic Class361818201022...2.........91017
II. ConstitutionalGout, and Rheumatism312............111.........21
Cancer&other Tumours716...............331......34
Tubercular32191346121441......5918
III. LocalNervous28171186......1643151012
Circulatory1266............22711344
Respiratory37191813121...2153151417
Digestive1073...11...341...1225
Urinary22..................11......1...1
Generative.............................................
Locomotory.............................................
Integumen tary.............................................
IV. DevelopmentalPremature Birth, Atro phy, &c.7437........................214
Old Age734.....................72...41
v.Violence541.........122............14
Totals18610185523555252623156326088