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 Disease. | 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. | At 40 and under 60 years. | At 60 and under 80 years. | 80 years and upwards. | Nobility and Gentry. | Professional, Merchants, Bankers, &c. | Middle and Trading Class, Shopmen, &c. | Industrial & Labouring Classes. | ||||
Population (Census) 1881 | 13,221 | ||||||||||||||||
Official Population inmiddle of 1886 | 15,210. | ||||||||||||||||
Acres | 2,176 | ||||||||||||||||
CAUSES OF DEATH. | |||||||||||||||||
Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
I. Zymotic. | Measles | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | ||
Scarlatina | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||
Diphtheria | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | ||
Typhoid & Typhus Fever | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Remittent & other Fevers | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Puerperal Diseases | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | ||
Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
W hooping Cough | 18 | 11 | 4 | 13 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 16 | |||
Erysipelas | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | ||
Diarrhœa | 9 | 2 | 7 | 9 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||
Dysentery & Cholera | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||
Other Zymotic Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Totals of Zymotic Class | 38 | 14 | 24 | 16 | 17 | 2 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||
II. Consti-tutional. | Gout & Rheumatism | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Cancer & other Tumours | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | ||
Tubercular | 19 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 2 | •• | .. | 5 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 17 | ||
Nervous | 29 | 16 | 13 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 1 | .. | 4 | 6 | 19 | ||
III. Local. | Circulatory | 18 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | 3 | 7 | 2 | .. | 5 | 5 | 8 | |
Respiratory | 35 | 17 | 18 | 7 | 6 | .. | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 2 | .. | 10 | 3 | 22 | ||
Digestive | 10 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | 4 | .. | .. | 2 | 5 | 3 | ||
Urinary | 8 | 3 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .. | 3 | 3 | 2 | ||
Generative | 4 | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | ||
Locomotory | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Integumentary | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
IV. Developmental. | Premature Birth: Atrophy | 7 | 5 | 2 | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
Old Age | 6 | 3 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 4 | .. | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
Cause Unknown | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||
V.Violence | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | ||
Total | 79 | 87 | 92 | 52 | 32 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 18 | 41 | 10 | .. | 36 | 37 | 106 |