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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TABLE II
TOOTING. Population (Census) 1881 4,851 Offical Population in middlie 5,187 CAUSES OF DEATH. | Total Deaths from each Class of Disease, 1 &c., in the Sub-District. | Sex. | Age. | Social Position. | |||||||||||||
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Males. | Females. 1 | 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 and Trading Class, Shopmen, Clerks, &c. | Industrial & Labouring Classes. | ||||
I. Zymotic. | Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Measles | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||
Typhuus Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Enteric Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Puerperal Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | ||
Diptheria | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Whooping Cough | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Diarrhoea, Dysentery, and Cholera | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |||
Other Zymotic Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .... | ||
Totals of Zymotic Class | .. | .. | 4 | 6 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 | 5 | |||
11. Constitutional. | Gout and Rheumatism | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||
Cancer & other Tumours | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | ||
Other Constitutional Diseases | .. | 3 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | |||
Phthisis | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | |||
Tabes Messenteric | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Hydrocephalus | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Scrofula | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
III. Local. | Nervous | 9 | .. | 4 | 4 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 6 | |
Circulatory | 10 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 6 | .. | .. | 2 | |||||
Respiratory | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 7 | 2 | 1 | .. | 5 | 9 | ||||
Digestive | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | ||
Urinary | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Generative | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Locomotory | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Integumentary | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Premautre Birth and Low Vitaly | .. | 4 | 1 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | ||
Congenital Defects | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
old Age | 5 | 2 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 4 | .. | .. | ||||
V. Violence | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | ||
VI. Illdefined and Not specified | Illdefined | 3 | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | |
Not Specified | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
78 | 50 | 23 | 21 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 20 | 7 | 29 | 38 |