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 III.
PUTNEY. | Total Deaths from each Class of Disease. | Sex. | Age. | Social Position. | |||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 £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) 17,771 1891 | |||||||||||||||||
CAUSES OF DEATH. | |||||||||||||||||
1. Zymotic. | Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Measles | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Scarlet Fever | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||
Typhus Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Enteric Fever | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||
Puerperal Fever | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||
Diphtheria | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Whooping Cough | 8 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 6 | ||
Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Diarrhœa, Dysentery & Cholera | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | ||
Other Zymotic Diseases | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 1 | .. | •• | 3 | 4 | ||
Totals of Zymotic Class | 22 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | 3 | 1 | •• | .. | 6 | 16 | ||
II. Constitutional. | Gout & Rheumatism | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Cancer & other Tumours Other Constitutional | 9 | 3 | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 3 | 3 | .. | 1 | 3 | 5 | ||
Diseases | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||
Tubercular | Phthisis | 23 | 12 | 11 | 2 | .. | 1 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 3 | .. | .. | 6 | 8 | 9 | |
Tabes Mes^nterica | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Hydrocephalus | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Scrofula | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||
III. Local. | Nervous | .. | 12 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .. | 5 | 6 | .. | .. | 5 | 5 | 13 | |
Circulatorv | 22 | 7 | 15 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 5 | 10 | 4 | .. | 6 | 5 | 11 | ||
Respiratory | 43 | 16 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 1 | .. | 2 | 7 | 10 | 8 | .. | 6 | 11 | 26 | ||
Digestive | 26 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 3 | .. | 4 | 4 | .. | .. | 2 | 10 | 14 | ||
Urinary | 8 | 3 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 7 | .. | .. | 8 | 3 | 2 | ||
Generative | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | ||
Locomotory | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Integumentary | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
IV. Developmental. | Premature Birth and Low Vitality | 10 | 7 | 3 | 10 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | |
Congenital Defects | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Old Age | 10 | 5 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||
V. | Violence | 9 | 8 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | • • | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 8 | |
VI. Ill | defined and Not Specified | 5 | 6 | .. | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 4 | |
Totals | 213 | 103 | 110 | 47 | 20 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 41 | 52 | 25 | 1 | 31 | 58 | 123 |