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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 1889
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth District, The Board of Works (Clapham, Putney, Streatham, Tooting & Wandsworth)]
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| SociaL. Position. | Total Deaths. | Deaths from Zymotic Diseases. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1889. | Decennial average. | 1889. | Decennial Average. | |
| Noliility aiul Gentry | 3.03 | 3.31 | 2.13 | 1.05 |
| Professional Class, Merchants, Hankers, &e. | 7.50 | 4.64 | 0.38 | 4.12 |
| Middle & Trading Classes, Clerks, &c | 22.87 | 23.65 | 25.53 | 18.43 |
| Industrial and Labouring Classes | 66.60 | 68.10 | 65.96 | 76.10 |
| 100 .00 | 100.00 | 100.00 | 100.00 | |
The figures in the table shew inat there was a slight
decrease of the general mortality amongst the nobility
and gentry, more in the trading class and more still
amongst the labouring clasres, while there was, as in the
year previous, an increase in the professional class. As
regards the zymotic mortality there was, with the
except ion of the labouring class in which there was a
great reduction, a verj7 considerable proportional increase
in all the classes, especially in the trading class in which
it exceeded 7 percent. Indeed that which must attract
most attention in the table is the very remarkable
diminution in the mortality that occurred both from
general as well as zymotic diseases, but especially the
latter, amongst the labouring classes during the past
year. The decrease in the number of deaths amongst
them from general disease was l-80 per cent, and from
zymotic disease no less than 1014 per cent, below the
decennial average. As may be seen on reference to my
former reports, the relative decrease of mortality
amongst the industrial and working classes has been
gradually progressing for many years, and it is submitted