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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 1881

[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.Total Deaths from each Class of Disease, &c., in the Sub-District. 1Sex.Age.Social Position.
Population in 1871—19,783. Population in 1881—28,005.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 j 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, &o.Industrial and Laboring Classes.
Official Population in middle of 1881—28,210.
Area in Acres—2,478.
DISEASES,
And other causes of Death.
Diseases Classified.
Classes:—Smallpox95412...531............18
Measles53214...5...............1...4
Scarlatina19910286181............2116
Diphtheria11............1...............1......
Quinsy.............................................
Croup211...2...2.....................2
1. ZymoticWhooping Cough125775...12..................39
Fever431......13...1...............4
Erysipelas211...............11.........11
Childbirth3...3............3..................3
Carbuncle.............................................
Influenza.............................................
Diarrhœa & Dysentery19154111l1414.........1216
Cholera.............................................
Totals of Zymotic Class7643332222860871......5863
2. Tubercular51272410511917123...111435 88
3. Of Brain, Nerves, &c.12162592913144173523...632422
4. Of the Heart, &c.281315.........14158...11471
5. Of Respiratory Organs904347231814561419...331319
6. Digestive Organs287217...311386.........92
7. Urinary Organs413............13......1...1...
8. Of Organs of Generation..........................................1
9. Of Joints, Bones,&c.2...2.........1...1............1...
10. Of Skin.............................................
11. Premature Birth, Low Vitality, Mal formation, &c.37201737......37..................631
12. Of Uncertain Seat19811...113177113612
13. Age271116..................14132...517
14. Violence2016412...4781.........911
15. Not Specified4311......1...3............13
Totals50725425313061152266411382221516101375