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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WEST BATTTERSEA Population (Census) 1881 52,587 Official Population in middle of 1885 64,317 | Total Deaths from each Class of Disease, &c„ 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 10 years. | From 10 to 20 years. | At 20 and under 40 years of age. | At 40 and under 60 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, Shopmen, Clerks, &c. | Industrial and Labouring Classes, | ||||||
CAUSES OF DEATH. | |||||||||||||||||||
I. Zymotic. | Small-pox | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |||
Measles | 63 | 29 | 34 | 13 | 45 | 4 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 58 | ||||
Scarlet Fever | 5 | 1 | 4 | .. | 3 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 4 | ||||
Typhus Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||
Enteric Fever | 9 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .. | 3 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 6 | ||||
Puerperal Fever | 10 | .. | 10 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 10 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 10 | ||||
Diphtheria | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | ||||
Whooping Cough | 74 | 34 | 40 | 38 | 35 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 71 | ||||
Erysipelas | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||||
Diarihcea, Dysentery, and Cholera | 63 | 33 | 30 | 54 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 8 | 55 | ||||
Other Zymotic Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||
Totals of Zymotic Class | 234 | 105 | 129 | 108 | 88 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 4 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 20 | 214 | ||||
II. Consitutional | Gout and Rheumatism.. | 9 | 7 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | 4 | 4 | |||
Cancer & other Tumours Other Constitutional | 31 | 8 | 23 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 18 | 10 | 1 | .. | • • | 2 | 29 | ||||
Diseases | 8 | 2 | 6 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 5 | ||||
Phthisis | 138 | 77 | 61 | 5 | 6 | .. | 16 | 61 | 49 | 1 | .. | 3 | 1 | 11 | 123 | ||||
Tabes Mesa | 71 | 37 | 34 | 60 | 8 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 11 | 60 | ||||
Hydrocephalus | 9 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 9 | ||||
Scrofula | 21 | 3 | 18 | 10 | 9 | 1 | .. | 1 | •• | .. | .. | 1 | 0 | 3 | 17 | ||||
Nervous | 178 | 91 | 87 | 58 | 17 | 4 | .. | 10 | 26 | 53 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 148 | ||||
Circulatory | 108 | 52 | 56 | 6 | 1 | 2 | .. | 17 | 33 | 42 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 85 | ||||
Respiratory | 327 | 159 | 168 | 112 | 70 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 46 | 69 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 33 | 291 | ||||
Digestive | 52 | 22 | 30 | 7 | .. | .. | 1 | 8 | 17 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 32 | ||||
Urinary | 30 | 21 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 14 | 9 | 1 | 3 | .. | 4 | 21 | ||||
Generative | 16 | .. | 16 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | 13 | ||||
Locomotory | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | ||||
Integumentary .. | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | •• | 4 | ||||
/ Premature Birth and \ Low Vitality | 55 | 33 | 22 | 55 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 51 | ||||
j Congeutial Defects .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||
V Old Age | 54 | 19 | 35 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 26 | 28 | •• | .. | 6 | 48 | ||||
V. Violence | 29 | 16 | 13 | 15 | 2 | .. | 1 | 3 | 7 | .. | 1 | •• | •• | •• | 29 | ||||
VI. Illdefined and Not Specified | Illdefined .. | 15 | 8 | 7 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | .. | .. | 2 | 13 | |||
Not Specified | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | •• | •• | •• | •• | 1 | ||||
Totals | 1395 | 666 | 729 | 448 | 209 | 16 | 35 | 166 | 226 | 245 | 50 | 18 | 9 | 164 | 1204 | ||||
Including all deaths in the Infirmary. |