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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The following Table which shows the nature of the
cause of death, the age and. sex of the deceased and the
character of the institution in which they died, includes
all the parishioners dying in the out-lying general and
special hospitals within the Metropolis:—
STREATHAM. Diseases. | Totals. | Sex. | Ages. | Institutions. | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Males. | Females. | Under 1 year. | From 1 to 5 years. | Total under 5 years | From 5 to 15 years | From 15 to 25 years | From 25 to 65 years | 65 years & upwards | Union Infirmary. | General & Special Hospitals. | Asylums Board Hospitals. | |||
Small Pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Scarlatina | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
Diphtheria | 6 | 1 | 5 | .. | 5 | 5 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | |
Membranous Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Typhus | Fevers. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Enteric. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Continued. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Relapsing | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Puerperal | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Measles | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Whooping Cough | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Diarrhœa and Dysentery | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Rheumatic Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Ague | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Phthsis | 4 | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | |
Bronchitis Pneumonia and Pleurisy | 9 | 6 | 3 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | 5 | 7 | 2 | .. | |
Heart Disease | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | |
Injuries | 8 | 5 | 3 | .. | 2 | 2 | 2 | .. | 1 | 3 | .. | 8 | .. | |
All other Diseases | 24 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 5 | .. | 2 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 13 | .. | |
Total | 54 | 25 | 29 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 23 | 24 | 7 |