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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.

WANDSWORTH. Population in 1871—19,783. Official population in middle of 1879—25,093. 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, Mer chants, Bankers, &c.Middle and Trading Class, Shopmen, Clerks, &c.Industrial and Labonuring Classes.
DISEASES, And other causes of Death. Diseases Classified.
Classes:—
1. ZymoticSmall Fox11...............1..................1
Measles16106211316.....................16
Scarlatina157816514...............213
Diphtheria11......1...1.....................1
Quinsy.............................................
Croup8622428..................44
Whooping Cough4422221628...44...............21131
Fever82611531124
Erysipelas44...1......1111............4
Metria.............................................
Carbuncle.............................................
Influenza.............................................
Diarrhœa &cDysentery76111...2...23.........16
Cholera.............................................
Totals of Zymotic Class104594524521091634...132080
2. Tubercular623329195...3218111...221345
3. Of Brain, Nerves, &c.9640561352231828261632067
4. Of the Heart,&c.20137...1...2449114411
5. Of Respiratory Organs12554712226...50327423342296
6. Digestive Organs218133...1624813279
7. Urinary Organs1064.........114222...53
8. Of Organs of Generation10...10............73......1...27
9. Of Joints, Bones,&c..............................................
10. Of Skin
11. Premature Birth, Low Vitality, Mal formation, &c.1811718......18...............1314
12. Of Uncertain Seat12841......13251...228
13. Age26917..................8182...717
14. Violence11651214241.........110
15. Not Specified11...1.....1.....................1
Totals51624826810291142296490106272121106368