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 1896
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PUTNEY. | Total Deaths from each Class of Disease. Ac., in the Sub-District. | Sex | Age | Social Position | |||||||||||||
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- | Males. | Females. | Under 1 year. | From 1 to 5 years. | From 5 to 15 years. | From 15 to 25 years. | From 25 & under 45 years. | From 45 under 65 years. | From 65 & under 75 years. | 75 years and upwards. | Nobility and Gentry. | Professional Class, Merchants. Bankers, Ac. | Middle and Trading Class' Shopmen, Clerks, Ac. | Industrial and Labouring Classes. | |||
Population (Census), 1891 | 17,771. | ||||||||||||||||
Census Population in 1896. | 20,566 | ||||||||||||||||
CAUSES OF DEATH. | |||||||||||||||||
I. Zymotic Diseases. | Small Pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Diphtheria | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | ||
Membranous Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Typhus Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Enteric Fever | 4 | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
Continued Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Relapsing Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Puerperal Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Measles | 21 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 16 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 20 | ||
Whooping Cough | 17 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 17 | ||
Influenza | 4 | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | ||
Diarrhœa & Dysentery | 6 | 4 | 2 | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 5 | ||
Hydrophobia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Other Zymotic Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Totals of Zymotic Class | 54 | 27 | 27 | 17 | 23 | 6 | .. | 6 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 4 | 48 | ||
II. Constitutional. | Gout and Rheumatism | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Cancer & other Tumours | 12 | 1 | 11 | .. | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | .. | 2 | 6 | 5 | ||||
Other Constitutional | |||||||||||||||||
Diseases | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | ||
/ | Phthisis | 16 | 11 | 5 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 7 | 5 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 13 | |
Other Tubercular | |||||||||||||||||
Diseases | 7 | 2 | 5 | .. | 5 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 4 | ||
III. Local. | Nervous | 28 | 10 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .. | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | .. | 7 | 9 | 12 | |
Circulatory | 28 | 12 | 13 | 2 | .. | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 3 | .. | 4 | 15 | 6 | |||
Respiratory | 42 | 25 | 17 | 17 | 4 | 2 | .. | 1 | 3 | 10 | .. | 4 | 12 | 26 | |||
Digestive | 31 | 13 | 18 | 19 | 2 | .. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | .. | 1 | 7 | 23 | ||
Urinary | 6 | 4 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | • • | .. | 1 | 3 | 2 | |||
Generative | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||
Locomotory | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Integumentary | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
IV. Developmental. | Premature Birth and Low Vitality | 9 | 5 | 4 | 9 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 7 | |
Congenital Defects | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Old Age | 8 | 3 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8 | .. | .. | 6 | 2 | ||
V. Violence | 8 | 8 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 6 | ||
VI. Illdefined Not specified | Illdefined Not specified | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
Totals | 251 | 122 | 130 | 71 | 38 | 10 | 8 | 29 | 37 | 23 | 35 | .. | 23 | 70 | 159 |