Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth District, The Board of Works (Clapham, Putney, Streatham, Tooting & Wandsworth)]
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STATISTICS OF MORTALITY.
| WANDSWORTH. | Total Deaths from each Class of Disease. <fcc.. in the Sub-District. | Sex. | Age. | Social Position. | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population(Census), 1896 58,161 Estimated Population 63,917 in middle of 1898 | Males. | Females. | Under 1 year. | From 1 to 5 years. | From 5 to 15 years. | From 15 to 25 years. | From 25 and under 45 years | From 45 and under 65 years. | From 65 and under 75 years. | 75 and upwards. | Nobility and Gentry. | Professional Class, Merchants, Bankers, Ac. | Middle and Trading Class. Shopmen, Clerks, &c. | Industrial and Labouring Classes. | |||
| CAUSES OF DEATH. | |||||||||||||||||
| Scarlet Fever | |||||||||||||||||
| Diptheria | 14 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | ||||||||||
| 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||||||
| 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 34 | 19 | 15 | 14 | 20 | 5 | 29 | |||||||||||
| 25 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 8 | 17 | ||||||||||
| 25 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 7 | ||||||||||
| 83 | 54 | 29 | 71 | 11 | 17 | 61 | |||||||||||
| 194 | 110 | 84 | 99 | 52 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 45 | 138 | ||||
| 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 6 | |||||||||||
| 33 | 8 | 25 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | ||||||||||
| 9 | 5 | 5 | |||||||||||||||
| 74 | 42 | 29 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 23 | 45 | ||||||||||
| 23 | 18 | 22 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 28 | ||||||||||
| 101 | 62 | 39 | 12 | 9 | 27 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 30 | 63 | ||||||
| 106 | 62 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 42 | 24 | 9 | 10 | 34 | 53 | |||||||
| 81 | 83 | 43 | 24 | 22 | 23 | 25 | 9 | 39 | 112 | ||||||||
| 18 | 25 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 22 | |||||||
| 16 | 9 | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 22 | 57 | 2 | 14 | 41 | |||||||||||||
| 19 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||||||||||||
| 55 | 41 | 13 | 42 | 3 | 1 | 21 | |||||||||||
| 29 | 21 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 15 | ||||||||||
| III. defined III- defined not Specified Not specified | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 278 | 29 | 123 | 181 | 275 | ||||||||||||
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