Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report on the health and sanitary condition of the several parishes comprised in the Wandsworth District during the year 1893
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POPULATION Census 1891 156,931 Official Population in middle of 1892, 168,999 CAUSES OF DEATH | Sub-Districts. | Sex. | Age. | Social Position. | ||||||||||||||||||
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Total Deaths from each Class of Disease. &c., in the District. | Clapham—Population, 45,537 Area in acres, 1,233 | Putney—Population, 18,692 Area in acres, 2,176 | Streatham—Population, 47,042 Area in acres, 2,904 | Tooting—Population, 5,806 Area in acres, 561 | Wandsworth—Population, 52,422 Area in acres. 2,433 | Males. | 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, &e. | Middle and Trading Class, Shopmen. Clerks, &c. | Industrial and Labouring Classes. | |||
I. Zymotic. | Small Pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
Scarlet Fever | 29 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 4 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | 24 | |||
Diphtheria | 54 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 30 | 24 | 3 | 23 | 24 | 3 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 21 | 32 | ||
MembranousCroup | 17 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 15 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 7 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 6 | 11 | |||
Typhus Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||
Enteric Fever | 14 | 3 | 2 | 3 | ... | 6 | 9 | ... | l | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | 7 | 5 | |||
Continued Fever | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | l | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ||
Relapsing Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
Puerperal Fever | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 6 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | ||||
Cholera | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
Erysipelas | 10 | 2 | ... | 3 | ... | 5 | 6 | 6 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 7 | ||||
Measles | 32 | 2 | ... | 11 | 9 | 19 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 6 | 26 | ||||||||
Whooping Cough | 71 | 16 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 20 | 35 | 38 | 34 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 13 | 58 | ||||
Influenza | 63 | 20 | 10 | 16 | 3 | 14 | 28 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 21 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 15 | 32 | ||||
Diarrhœa and Dysentery | 101 | 23 | 6 | 34 | 4 | 37 | 62 | 81 | 14 | ... | ... | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 75 | |||||
Hydrophobia | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
Other Zymotic Diseases | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||
Total of Zymotic Class | 405 | 114 | 50 | 82 | 31 | 128 | 203 | 202 | 146 | 116 | 48 | 10 | 27 | 18 | 27 | 13 | 14 | 94 | 275 | |||
II. Constitutional. | Gout and Rheumatism | 20 | 5 | ... | 7 | 10 | 10 | ... | 3 | ... | 8 | 3 | 5 | 1 | ... | 1 | 7 | |||||
Cancer and other Tumours | 90 | 28 | 24 | 20 | 19 | 71 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 12 | 47 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 26 | 43 | ||||
Other Constitutional Diseases | 23 | 9 | 8 | ... | 4 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 5 | 18 | |||
Phthisis | 152 | 46 | 26 | 26 | 49 | 86 | 66 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 31 | 58 | 34 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 36 | 103 | ||||
Other Tubercular Diseases | 76 | 7 | 13 | 41 | 35 | 38 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | ... | ... | 4 | 19 | |||||||
III. Local. | Nervous | 295 | 31 | 72 | 14 | 164 | 181 | 53 | 36 | 7 | 10 | 34 | 59 | 69 | 27 | 22 | 19 | 69 | 18??? | |||
Circulatory | 179 | 46 | 6 | 57 | 94 | 85 | 1 | ... | 7 | 13 | 31 | 73 | 38 | 16 | 60 | 88 | ||||||
Respiratory | 488 | 53 | 117 | 184 | 252 | 236 | 94 | 65 | 18 | 11 | 52 | 97 | 91 | 60 | 23 | 31 | 119 | 315 | ||||
Digestive | 157 | 34 | 21 | 33 | 7 | 62 | 87 | 70 | 51 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 24 | 34 | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 41 | |||
Urinary | 69 | 22 | 14 | ... | 28 | 32 | 37 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 22 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 25 | |||||
Generative | 4 | 1 | 7 | ... | ... | 18 | ... | ... | ... | 15 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 5 | 12 | |||||
Locomotory | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | |||
Integumentary | 1 | ... | l | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | |||
IV. Developmental. | Premature Birth and Low Vitality | 199 | 58 | 13 | 68 | 119 | 80 | 198 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 32 | 158 | ||||
CongenitalDefects | 16 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 14 | 14 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 6 | 10 | ||||
Old Age | 114 | 14 | 6 | 54 | 11 | 29 | 46 | 68 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 25 | 15 | 8 | 27 | 64 | |||||
V. | Violence | 13 | 7 | 12 | 41 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 3 | ... | 4 | 10 | |||||
Illdefined and Not Specified | 13 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 1 | ... | ... | 3 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ||||||
23.6 | 601 | 256 | 587 | 112 | 820 | 1228 | 1148 | 631 | 268 | 105 | 100 | 293 407 | 329 | 243 | 124 | 145 | 583 | 1524 |