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. | Total Deaths from each Class of Disease. | Sex. | Age. | Soc1al 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 in middle of 1889 | 16,330 | ||||||||||||||||
CAUSES OF DEATH. | |||||||||||||||||
1. Zymotic. | Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Measles | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | |||
Scarlet Fever | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||
Typhus Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Enter1c Fever | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | ||
Puerperal Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
D1phther1a | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Whoop1ng Cough | 6 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 5 | ||
Erysipelas | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | ||
Diarrhœa, Dysentery & Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Other Zymotic Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Totals of Zymotic Class | 12 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | 9 | |||
II. Constitutional. | Gout & Rheumatism | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Cancer & other Tumours | 6 | .. | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 4 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 5 | ||
Other Constitutional Diseases | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | ||
Tubercular | Phthisis | 17 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | 4 | 4 | 9 | |
Tabes Messenterica | 3 | 3 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | ||
Hydrocephalus | 2 | 4 | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | ||
Scrofula | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
III. Local. | Nervous | 32 | 13 | 19 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 4 | .. | 4 | 16 | 12 | |
Circulatory | 17 | 8 | 9 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | .. | 3 | 3 | 9 | ||
Respiratory | 30 | 16 | 14 | 6 | 5 | .. | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | .. | 5 | 1 | 24 | |||
Digestive | 19 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 3 | .. | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | .. | .. | 1 | 5 | 13 | ||
Urinary | 5 | 3 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | 4 | 1 | ||
Generative | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Locomotory | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Integumentary | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
IV. Developmental. | Premature Birth and Low Vitality | 12 | 9 | 3 | 12 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 10 | |
Congenital Defects | 2 | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | ||
, Old Age | 8 | .. | 8 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 3 | .. | ., | 4 | 4 | ||
V. | Violence | 9 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | 3 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 7 | |
VI. Illdefined and Not Specified | Illdefined | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Not Specified | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | ||
Totals | 182 | 85 | 97 | 48 | 20 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 33 | 35 | 13 | 2 | 20 | 43 | 115 |