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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PUTNEY and ROEHAMPTON. | Total Deaths from each Class of D1sease, &c., 1n the Sub-D1str1ct. | Sex. | Age. | Soc1al Pos1t1on. | ||||||||||||
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Males. | Females. | 1 Under 1 year. | From 1 to 5 years. | From 5 to 10 years. | 1 From 10 to 20 years. | At 20 and under 40 years of age. | At 40 and under 60 years of ape. | At 60 and under 80 years of age. | 80 years and upwards. | Nob1l1ty and Gentry. | Profess1onal Class, Merchants, Bankers, &c. | M1ddle & Trad1ng Class, Shopmen, Clerks, &c. | 1ndustr1al and Labour1ng Classes. | |||
Populat1on (Census) 1881 13,221. Off1c1al Populat1on 1n m1ddle of the year 1884 14,450. | ||||||||||||||||
Area 1n Statute Acres-2,176. | ||||||||||||||||
D1SEASES, And other Causes of Dath. | ||||||||||||||||
Classes:— | Small-pox | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. |
1. Zymotic | Measles | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Scarlat1na | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Diphtheria | 10 | 6 | 4 | .. | 6 | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 5 | 4 | |
Typhoid and Typhus Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Remittent and other Fevers | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Puerperal Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Whooping Cough | 8 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8 | |
Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Diarrhœa, Dysentery, & Cholera | 8 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 7 | |
Other Zymotic Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Totals of Zymotic Class | 28 | 10 | 18 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 6 | 20 | |
11.Constitutional | Gout, and Rheumatism | 5 | 3 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 3 |
Cancer and other Tumours | 5 | .. | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | 2 | |
Tubercular | 24 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 7 | 15 | |
III. Local | Nervous | 39 | 22 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1n | 5 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 19 |
Circulatory | 11 | 4 | 7 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .. | 1 | 4 | 6 | |
Respiratory | 31 | 31 | 18 | 14 | 3 | .. | .. | 3 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 20 | |
Digestive | 12 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 3 | .. | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | 4 | 7 | |
Urinary | 10 | 8 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | |
Generative | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | |
Locomotory | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Integumentary | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | |
IV. Devel. opmental | Premature B1rth, Atro. phy, &c. | 13 | 10 | 3 | 12 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 9 |
Old Age | 7 | 2 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 6 | .. | 3 | 3 | 1 | |
V. | Violence | 11 | 7 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 7 |
Totals | 199 | 105 | 94 | 52 | 29 | 6 | 8 | 32 | 25 | 32 | 15 | 9 | 19 | 60 | 111 |