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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Table I. of the Appendix gives the entire mortality
statistics of the year.
For the sake of comparison, however, we have the total mortality from each cause set side by side in the Table now presented.
DISEASES, And other causes of Death | 1870 | 1871 | 1872 | 1873 | 1874 | 1875 | 1876 | 1877 | 1878 | 1879 | 1880 | |
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Classes:— | ||||||||||||
1. Zymotic | Small Pox | 15 | 377 | 26 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 26 | 57 | 19 | 4 | 3 |
Measles | 46 | 52 | 86 | 55 | 66 | 27 | 88 | 64 | 84 | 125 | 59 | |
Scarlatina | 352 | 126 | 26 | 9 | 94 | 134 | 86 | 58 | 39 | 134 | 173 | |
Diphtheria | 12 | 6 | 26 | 11 | 12 | 28 | 15 | 7 | 19 | 17 | 19 | |
Quinsy | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | |
Croup | 25 | 13 | 18 | 21 | 40 | 26 | 27 | 20 | 39 | 40 | 19 | |
Whooping Cough | 51 | 52 | 108 | 74 | 89 | 107 | 126 | 73 | 149 | 148 | 123 | |
Typhus and other Fevers | 68 | 54 | 52 | 65 | 48 | 39 | 47 | 64 | 39 | 62 | 44 | |
Erysipelas | 13 | 22 | 13 | 12 | 20 | 24 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 13 | 10 | |
Metria, Childbirth | 16 | 13 | 15 | 28 | 34 | 15 | 26 | 20 | 7 | 28 | 23 | |
Carbuncle | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
Influenza | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | |
Diarrhoea & Choleraic Disease | 148 | 140 | 140 | 126 | 117 | 134 | 159 | 114 | 182 | 94 | 213 | |
Totals of Zymotic Class | 751 | 858 | 513 | 411 | 528 | 537 | 613 | 491 | 583 | 665 | 687 | |
2. Tubercular | 374 | 423 | 419 | 426 | 469 | 565 | 555 | 514 | 501 | 513 | 625 | |
3. Of Brain, Nerves, &c. | 365 | 371 | 341 | 370 | 426 | 455 | 416 | 450 | 503 | 474 | 464 | |
4. Of the Heart, &c. | 132 | 152 | 127 | 139 | 146 | 176 | 170 | 204 | 212 | 203 | 193 | |
5. Of Respiratory Organs | 411 | 431 | 100 | 543 | 541 | 630 | 561 | 519 | 694 | 891 | 657 | |
6. Digestive Organs | 104 | 118 | 87 | 96 | 111 | 136 | 126 | 155 | 150 | 117 | 155 | |
7. Urinary Organs | 39 | 20 | 27 | 34 | 26 | 55 | 62 | 63 | 42 | 74 | 66 | |
8. Of Organs of Gene ration | 8 | 16 | 9 | 17 | 21 | 13 | 23 | 29 | 19 | 25 | 20 | |
9. Of Joints, Bones, &c. | 4 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 8 | 15 | |
10. Of Skin | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 8 | ||
11. Premature Birth, Low Vitality, Mal-formation, &c. | 191 | 145 | 143 | 143 | 168 | 177 | 226 | 212 | 177 | 170 | 266 | |
12. Uncertain Seat | 54 | 69 | 118 | 126 | 77 | 105 | 97 | 101 | 106 | 91 | 110 | |
13. Age | 133 | 125 | 105 | 144 | 106 | 130 | 150 | 126 | 141 | 141 | 136 | |
14. Violence | 50 | 56 | 87 | 70 | 75 | 68 | 90 | 82 | 75 | 83 | 96 | |
16. Not Specified | 40 | 76 | 35 | 47 | 79 | 34 3096 | 46 | 26 | 56 | 68 | 95 | |
Totals | 2659 | 2867 | 2421 | 2580 | 2796 | 3154 | 2991 | 3275 | 8526 | 3593 |