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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 1879

[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—27,847. Official population in middle of year 1879— 33,000. 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 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, Ac.Middle A Trading Class. Shopmen, Clerks, Ac.Industrial and Laboring Classes.
DISEASES And other Causes of Death
Classes:—
1. ZymoticSmall Pox.............................................
Measles1798781161.........12311
Scarlatina125717412...............246
Diphtheria11.........11.....................l
Quinsy.............................................
Croup116545211...............146
Whooping Cough258171015...25...............2815
Typhus, &c.963...1163.........72...6
Erysipelas.2...2............1...1............2
Metria, Childbirth8...8............8............116
Carbuncle.............................................
Influenza.............................................
Diarrhœa, etc.1711693...12...4...12...312
Cholera.............................................
Totals of Zymotic Class10246563139983134114102365
2. Tubercular64323286...2125144...2102032
3. Of Brain, Nerves, &e.7034362313...38781436121735
4. Of the Heart, &c.421923......1131621168622
5. Of Respiratory Organs12961683722...61235674162485
6. Of Digestive Organs196622...4...53...1326
7. Of Urinary Organs191541......176413835
8. Of Organs of Generation2...2..................2...1...1...
9. Of Joints, Bones, &c.312............12............12
10. Of Skin.............................................
11. Premature Birth, Low Vitality, Malformation, &c.341816331...34............23722
12. Of Uncertain Seat.............................................
13. Age21516..................10113657
14. Violence13851113442...1237
15. Not Specified502129201325151818141612
Totals56126629515687142716367135254192128300