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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 1880

[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.

STREATIIAM. INCLUDING TOOTING & BALHAM.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, Bunkers, &c.Middle & Trading Class, Shopmen, Clerks, &c.Industrial and Laboring Classes.
Population in 1871—14,475.
Population middle of 1880-25,000.
Area in Statute Acres-3465.
DISEASE8.
And other Causes of Death.
Classes:—
1. ZymoticSmall Pox.............................................
Measles11......1...1.....................1
Scarlatina34925317734...............3229
Diptheria77......237...............511
Quinsy11...1......1.....................1
Croup44......314.....................4
Whooping Cough83544...8..................17
Typhus and other Fevers5141......311............14
Erysipelas.............................................
Metria, Childbirth2...2............2...............11
Carbuncle..........................................
Influenza.............................................
Diarrhoea & Choleraic Disease63341...51............114
Totals of Zymotic Class6829391328116341.........9752
2. Tubercular381424443141581...141023
3. Of Brain, Nerves, &c5432221211...2329164851526
4. Of the Heart, &c.17892......3111111346
5. Of Respiratory Organs52252711511759156691225
6. Of Digestive Organs2411134......4299......4614
7. Of Urinary Organs541............113...1...22
8. Of Organs of Generation5...5...............23...1......4
9. Of Joints, Bones, &c.321......1...2...............3
10. Of Skin.............................................
11. Premature Birth, Low Vitality,Malformation, &c.371918343...37...............2530
12. Of Uncertain Seat954...1...122311125
13. Age25322..................151063412
14. Violence11921......11531......56
15. Not Specified.............................................
Totals34816118781521516433497923284072208