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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 1882

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth District, The Board of Works (Clapham, Putney, Streatham, Tooting & Wandsworth)]

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Table: Causes of Death classified, shewing Sex, Age and Social Position of Deceased.

Causes of Death classified, shewing Sex, Age and Social Position of Deceased.

WANDSWORTH. Population(Census 1881)28,004 Official populationin middle of 1882 Area in Acres 2,478 DISEASES, And other causes of Death.Total Deaths from each Class of Disease, &c., in the Sub-District.Sex.Age.Social 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, &c.Middle & Trading Class, Shopmen, Clerks, &c.Industrial and Laboring Classes.
Classes:-
1.ZymoticSmallpox.............................................
Measles18117711...18..................216
Scarlatina945...729..................18
Diphtheria321...213..................12
Quinsy.............................................
Croup53214...5..................23
Whooping Cough261016519226...............2321
Fever945...2263...............27
Erysipelas211............1...1.........11
Child birth6...6............6............114
Carbuncle1...1...............1...............1
Influenza.............................................
Diarrhoea & Dysentery291811243...27......2......2522
Cholera.............................................
Totals of Zymotic Class108535537487941013......51885
2. Tubercular69313820723118155...161151
3. Of Brain, Nerves, &c.106614518101302135173521980
4. Of the Heart, &c.281018......2331110122816
5. Of Respiratory Organs8738492916349513191251367
Digestive Organs2810184217498...1...918
7. Urinary Organs20812.........1485221413
8. Of Organs of Generation4...4............112...2......2
9. Of Joints, Bones, &c.1...1......11..................1...
10. Of Skin11......1...1..................1...
11. Premature Birth, Low Vitality, Malformation, &c.27161127......27............11817
12. Of Uncertain Seat198111......12610...11512
13. Age27918...............217831518
14. Violence181443......9531......1314
15. Not Specified11.....................1............1
Totals54426028413984172547310498152025105394