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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 1892

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

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Table: TABLE VI.

TABLE VI.

Sub-Districts.Sex,Age.Social Position.
POPULATION. Census 1891 156,931 Official Population in middle of 1892, 162,245Total Deaths from each Class of Disease, &c., in the District.Clapham—Population, 44,111 Area in acres, 1,233Putney—Population, 18,226 Area in acres, 2,176Streatham—Population, 45,000 Area in acres, 2.904Tooting—Population, 5,276 Area in acres, 561Wandsworth—Population, 49,632 Area in acres, 2,433Males.Females.Under 1 year.From 1 to 5 years.From 5 to 15 years.From 15 to 25 years.From 25 to 45 years.From 45 to 65 years.From 65 to 75 years.75 years and upwards.Nobility and Gentry.Professional Class, Merchants, Bankers, &c.Middle and Trading Class, Shopmen. Clerks, &c.,Industrial and Labouring Classes.
CAUSES OF DEATH.
I. Zymotic.Small Pox............................................................
Scarlet Fever102...2157322311l.........244
Diphtheria369...61201620...24102...............1629
MembranousCroup92...1...654171..................126
Typhus Fever............................................................
Enteric Fever10613......55......l4221.........46
Continued Fever21.........l11...11..................11...
Relapsing Fever............................................................
Puerperal Fever7122...2...7............61............16
Cholera............................................................
Erysipelas142...2...101044...1125...11...211
Measles7820...217304137195531...............21264
Whooping Cough89261718...28345542461..................32363
Influenza11227635...445673622133325289103558
Diarrhoea and Dysentery821210154415032679.........213181459
Hydrophobia Other Zymotic............................................................
Diseases1......1......1...............1..................1
Total of Zymotic Class45010836106131872152351331502311254427321128104307
II. Constitutional.Gout and Rheumatism2181246813......2...3114113512
Cancer and other Tumours101269316292774......2...1647251113143143
Other Constitutional Diseases251...2319718181......42......11122
Tuber cular.Phthisis Other Tubercular176612225105891857892781402241055107
Diseases802911742939413328755...2......32354
III. Local.Nervous3025437721612314815466299842636025172791167
Circulatory1856219351257978851673152523115206783
Respiratory45311655111271442222318073663987109532033106294
Digestive1313620329346665429...4192025125153972
Urinary79165193364138......4212223091091941
Generative2122539219...1...3161......12414
Locomotory81...61...441...411......11...16
Integumentary1............l1......1...........................1
IV.Developmental.Premature Birth and Low Vitality17650184585590861751.....................8481202
CongenitalDefects71...1...5527..............................34
Old Age951454010264649..................187715111851
V.Violence612489218322915623161162171538
VI.Illdefined and10...9......17310...........................19
Not Specified32.........1...32.........1..................3
Totals23856112475581318381148123759930874773114003602561151916411438