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. | Social Position. | ||||||||||||||
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Males. | Females. | Under 1 Year. | From 1 to 5. years. | From 5 to 15 years. | From 15 to 25 years. | At 25 and under 35 years. | At 35 and under J 5 years. | At 55 and under 75 years. | 75 years and upwards. | Nobility and Gentry. | Professional, Merchants, Bankers, &c. | Middle and Trading Class, Shopmen, &c. | Industrial & Labouring Classes. | |||||
Population (Census) 1891 | 17,771 | |||||||||||||||||
CAUSES OF DEATH. | ||||||||||||||||||
1. Zymotic. | Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Measles | 10 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 9 | |||
Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Typhus Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Enteric Fever | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | |||
Puerperal Fever | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |||
Diphtheria | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Whooping Cough | 8 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8 | |||
Erysipelas | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |||
Diarrhœa, Dysentery & Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Other Zymotic Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Totals of Zymotic Class | 21 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 19 | |||
II Constitutional. | Gout & Rheumatism | 5 | 2 | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | ||
Cancer & other Tumours | 8 | 6 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | 5 | 2 | ||||
Other Constitutional Diseases | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | |||
Phthisis | 28 | 17 | 11 | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | 10 | 13 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 22 | ||||
Tabes Messenterica | 2 | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | |||
Hydrocephalus | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Scrofula | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||||
III. Local.____ | Nervous | 34 | 18 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 1 | .. | 2 | 14 | 18 | ||
Circulatory | 18 | 7 | 11 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | .. | 3 | 5 | 10 | ||||
Respiratory | 42 | 23 | 19 | 9 | 6 | .. | .. | 2 | 9 | 12 | 4 | .. | 2 | 26 | ||||
Digestive | 20 | 10 | 16 | 13 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 8 | 1 | .. | .. | 19 | ||||
Urinary | 5 | 2 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 2 | . . | .. | 3 | 2 | |||
Generative | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | ||||
Locomotory | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Integumentary | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
IV. Developmental. | Premature Birth and Low Vitality | 26 | 16 | 10 | 26 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 21 | ||
Congenital Defects | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Old Age | 4 | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 4 | |||
V. Violence | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | 1 | 6 | |||
VT. Illdefined and Not Specified | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |||
Totals | 234 | 119 | 115 | 70 | 27 | 3 | 11 | 26 | 38 | 45 | 14 | .. | 16 | 62 | 156 |