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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STATISTICS OF MORTALITY.
WANDSWORTH. Population (Census) 1881 28,004. Official Population m middle of 1890 45,284. CAUSES OF DEATH. | Total Deaths from each class of Disease, &c., in the Sub-District. | Sex. | Age. | Social Posiiion. | ||||||||||||||
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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 and Trading Class. Shopmen, Clerks, &c. | Industrial and Labouring Classes. | |||||
I. Zymotic. | Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Measles | 47 | 30 | 17 | 6 | 39 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 4 | 42 | |||
Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||||
Typhus Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Enteric Fever | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | ||||
Puerperal Fever | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||||
Diphtheria | 10 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 9 | |||
Whooping Cough | 35 | 14 | 21 | 17 | 18 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 10 | ||||
Erysipelas | 2 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 24 | |||
Diarrhœa, Dysentery, Cholera | 37 | 18 | 19 | 30 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 5 | 9 | 23 | |||
Influenza | 7 | 1 | 6 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 6 | |||
Totals of Zymotic Class | 145 | 68 | 77 | 57 | 68 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 1 | .. | .. | 8 | 27 | 110 | |||
II. Constitutional. | Gout and Rheumatism | 13 | 6 | 8 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | .. | 1 | 8 | 4 | ||
Cancer & other Tumours | 24 | 7 | 17 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 12 | |||
Other Constitutional Diseases | 11 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 9 | ||||
Phthisis | 69 | 28 | 41 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 25 | 23 | 4 | .. | 1 | 3 | 13 | 52 | |||
Tabes Mesenterica | 17 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 5 | 11 | |||
Hydrocephalus | 12 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 5 | 6 | |||
Scrofula | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | |||
III. Local | Nervous | 103 | 55 | 48 | 18 | 18 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 20 | 28 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 32 | 61 | ||
Circulatorv | 40 | 16 | 24 | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | 10 | 7 | 14 | 5 | .. | 4 | 16 | 20 | |||
Respiratory | 177 | 85 | 92 | 43 | 36 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 27 | 51 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 46 | 121 | |||
Digestive | 42 | 21 | 21 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 12 | .. | 1 | 4 | 13 | 24 | |||
Urinary | 17 | 5 | 12 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 5 | 10 | .. | 1 | .. | 6 | 10 | |||
Generative | 6 | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
Locomot.ory | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | |||
Integumentary | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |||
IV. Developmental. | Premature Birth, and Low Vitality | 41 | 21 | 20 | 36 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 9 | 32 | ||
Congenital Defects | 13 | 6 | 7 | 13 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 6 | 6 | |||
Old Age | 24 | 5 | 19 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 9 | 15 | 3 | .. | 17 | 4 | |||
V. Violence | 27 | 12 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 5 | 21 | |||
VI. Ill-defined and Not specified | Ill-defined | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | ||
Not specified | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |||
Totals | 787 | 350 | 437 | 220 | 151 | 14 | 20 | 81 | 121 | 145 | 35 | 18 | 40 | 221 | 508 |