Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Thirty-ninth annual report of the Board of Works for the Wandsworth District being for the year ended 25th of March 1895
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Parish of Streatham.
STREATHAM. | Total Deaths from each Class Disease, &c., in the Sub-District. | Sex. | Age. | Social Position. | ||||||||||||||
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Population Census, 1891 | Males. | Females. | Under 1 year. | From 1 to 5 years. | Total under 5 years. | From 5 to 15 years. | From 15 to 25 years. | From 25 to 45 years. | From 45 to 65 years. | From 65 & under 75 years. | 75 years and upwards. | Nobility and Gentry. | Professional Class, Merchants, Bankers, &c. | Middle and Trading Class, Shopmen. Clerks, 4c. | Industrial and Labouring Classes. | |||
Estimated Population,1894 49,084 | ||||||||||||||||||
CAUSES OF DEATH. | ||||||||||||||||||
I. ZYMOTIC. | Small Pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Scarlet Fever | 2 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | ||
Diphtheria | 8 | 3 | 5 | .. | 6 | 6 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 5 | ||
Membranous Croup | 2 | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | ||
Typhus Fever | .. | .. | .... | .. | .. | .. | .... | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Enteric Fever | 4 | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
Continued Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Relapsing Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Puerperal Fever | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | ||
Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Erysipelas | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | ||
Measles | 13 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 13 | ||
Whooping Cough | 17 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 10 | ||
Influenza | 10 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | 3 | 2 | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 7 | ||
Diarrhoea & Dysentery | 12 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 8 | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 10 | |||
Hydrophobia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Other Zymotic Disease | 3 | •• | 3 | 1 | .. | 1 | •• | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | ||
Totals of Zymotic Class | 75 | 36 | 39 | 16 | 31 | 47 | 6 | .. | 8 | 7 | 7 | .. | 1 | 1 | 10 | 63 | ||
II. Constitutional. | Gout and Rheumatism | 7 | 4 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 5 | |
Cancer & other Tumours Other Constitutional | 25 | 8 | 17 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1i | 1 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 2 | .. | 4 | 19 | ||
Diseases | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | ||
(Phthisis.. | 26 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | 1 | 23 | ||
Other Tuberculai Diseases | 13 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 12 | ||
III. Local. | Nervous | 5fi | 29 | 27 | 10 | 8 | 18 | 4 | .. | 3 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 5 | .. | 9 | 42 | |
Circulatory | 37 | 25 | 12 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 23 | ||
Respiratory | 82 | 47 | 35 | 21 | 7 | 28 | .. | 1 | 7 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 69 | ||
Digestive | 33 | 16 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 13 | 1 | .. | 7 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 3 | .. | 6 | 24 | ||
Urinary | 18 | 10 | 8 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | , , | 1 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | .. | 3 | 14 | ||
Generative | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | ||
Locomotory | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Integumentary | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
IV. Developmental. | Premature Birth Low Vitality and Congenital Defects | 40 | 17 | 23 | 40 | .. | 40 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 36 | |
Old Age | 64 | 31 | 23 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 14 | 39 | 7 | 2 | 41 | |||
V. Violence | 18 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 4 | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 17 | ||
All other Diseases | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | ||
Totals | 492 | 261 | 231 | 109 | 57 | 166 | 19 | 14 | 50 | 75 | 84 | 84 | 27 | 11 | 60 | 394 |