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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Some sub-classes, which appeared to me unnecessary, have been omitted and others which I deemed useful in classifying the causes of death, adopted.
PUTNEY and ROEHAMPTON. | Total Deaths from each Class of Disease, &c., in the Sub-District. | Sex. | Age. | Social Position. | ||||||||||||
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Population (Census) 1881 13,235. Official Population in middle of the year 1883 14,068. Area in Statute Acres.2,176 | Males. | Females. | Under 1 year. | From 1 to 5 years. | From 5 to 10 years. | At 10 and under 20 years of age. | At 20, and under 40 years of age. | At 40, and under 00 years of age. | At 60, and under 80 years of age. | 80 years and upwards. | Nobility and Gentry. | Professional Class, Merchants, Bankers, &c. | Middle & Trading Class, Shopman, Clerks, &c. | Industrial & Labouring Classes. | ||
DISEASES, And other Causes of Death | ||||||||||||||||
Classes:- | Small Pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Measles | 2 | 2 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | |
Scarlatina | 7 | 2 | 5 | .. | 3 | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 9 | .. | 4 | |
Diphtheria | 24 | 11 | 13 | .. | 10 | 12 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 6 | 14 | |
Typhoid & Typhus Fever | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | |
Remittent and other Fevers | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
I. Zymotic | Puerperal Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Whooping Cough | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | |
Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Diarrhœa, Dysentery, & Cholera | 5 | 5 | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | |
Other Zymo tic diseases | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | |
Totals of Zymotic Class. | 44 | 23 | 21 | 5 | 18 | 16 | 3 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 6 | 8 | 29 | |
II. Constitutional | r G.out, and Rheumatism | 5 | 1 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Cancer & other Tumours | 8 | .. | 8 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | |
Tubercular | 28 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 6 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 25 | |
Nervous | 44 | 25 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .. | 10 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 26 | |
Circulatory | 14 | 7 | 7 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 10 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 3 | |
Respiratory | 30 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 3 | .. | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 20 | |
Digestive | 16 | 7 | 9 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 8 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | |
III. Local | Urinary | 6 | 4 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | .. | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Generative | 4 | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | |
Locomotory | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Integumentary | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
IV.Developmental | Premature Birth, Atrophy, &c. | 17 | 10 | 7 | 17 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 8 | 6 |
Old Age | 10 | 4 | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |
V. | Violence | 15 | 12 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 4 | 11 |
Totals | 241 | 122 | 119 | 43 | 30 | 24 | 12 | 31 | 38 | 46 | 17 | 11 | 41 | 53 | 136 |